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Characiformes

Wikipedia Abstract

Characiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising the characins and their allies. Grouped in 18 recognized families, there are more than two thousand different species, including the well-known piranha and tetras.
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Family

Acestrorhynchidae (26)
Alestidae (African characins) (126)   (14)
Anostomidae (American characins) (169)   (3)
Bryconidae (52)   (5)
Characidae (characins) (1,321)   (44)
Chilodontidae (headstanders) (8)
Citharinidae (lutefishes) (8)
Crenuchidae (South American darters) (113)   (3)
Ctenoluciidae (pike-characids) (7)
Curimatidae (toothless characins) (118)   (3)
Cynodontidae (dogtooth characins) (15)
Distichodontidae (109)   (6)
Erythrinidae (trahiras) (26)
Gasteropelecidae (hatchetfishes) (10)
Hemiodontidae (halftooths) (33)
Hepsetidae (African pikes) (6)
Iguanodectidae (38)
Lebiasinidae (pencilfishes) (79)   (1)
Parodontidae (scrapetooths) (32)   (1)
Prochilodontidae (flannel-mouth characiforms) (24)
Serrasalmidae (108)   (1)
Tarumaniidae (1)
Triportheidae (24)

Genus

Eocitharinus (1)
Santanichthys (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0