In biological classification , a subfamily ( Latin : subfamilia , plural subfamiliae ) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank , next below family but more inclusive than genus . Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zoological subfamily names with "-inae".
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1-449: Empetrichthyinae is a subfamily of fishes, one of two subfamilies that make up the family Goodeidae . The earliest fossil empetrichthyine is Empetrichthys erdisi from the Miocene or Pliocene of California . There are two genera within the subfamily Empetrichthyinae: Subfamily Detarioideae is an example of a botanical subfamily. Detarioideae is a subdivision of
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