Megalamphodus
| Megalamphodus | |
|---|---|
| Red phantom tetra (M. sweglesi) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Megalamphodinae |
| Genus: | Megalamphodus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Megalamphodus megalopterus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 | |
| Species | |
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Megalamphodus is a genus of characin native to the Neotropics. Many prominent ornamental tetras belong to this genus.
Although recognized as a distinct genus early on, it was later synonymized with Hyphessobrycon. More recent studies have resurrected this genus, and have found that it belongs to a different subfamily of the Acestrorhamphidae than Hyphessobrycon.