| Characidae Temporal range: Upper Miocene - Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamilies and genera | |
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Numerous, see below. | |
Characidae (also known as characids) is a family in the Characiformes order.
Subfamilies and genera[]
Subfamily Aphyocharacinae
- Aphyocharax
- Inpaichthys
- Leptagoniates
- Paragoniates
- Phenagoniates
- Prionobrama
- Rachoviscus
- Xenagoniates
Subfamily Aphyoditeinae
- Aphyocharacidium
- Aphyodite
- Axelrodia
- Leptobrycon
- Microschemobrycon
- Oxybrycon
- Parecbasis
- Tyttobrycon
Subfamily Bryconinae
- Brycon
- Chilobrycon
- Henochilus
Subfamily Characinae
- Acanthocharax
- Acestrocephalus
- Bryconexodon
- Charax
- Cynopotamus
- Exodon
- Galeocharax
- Phenacogaster
- Priocharax
- Roeboexodon
- Roeboides
Subfamily Cheirodontinae
- Acinocheirodon
- Amazonspinther
- Aphyocheirodon
- Cheirodon
- Cheirodontops
- Chrysobrycon
- Compsura
- Ctenocheirodon
- Heterocheirodon
- Kolpotocheirodon
- Macropsobrycon
- Nanocheirodon
- Odontostilbe
- Prodontocharax
- Pseudocheirodon
- Saccoderma
- Serrapinnus
- Spintherobolus
Subfamily Gymnocharacinae
- Coptobrycon
- Grundulus
- Gymnocharacinus
- Nematobrycon
Subfamily Heterocharacinae
- Gnathocharax
- Heterocharax
- Hoplocharax
- Lonchogenys
Subfamily Iguanodectinae
- Iguanodectes
- Piabucus
Subfamily Rhoadsiinae
- Carlana
- Nematocharax
- Parastremma
- Rhoadsia
Subfamily Salmininae
Subfamily Stethaprioninae
- Brachychalcinus
- Gymnocorymbus
- Orthospinus
- Poptella
- Stethaprion
- Stichonodon
Subfamily Stevardiinae
- Acrobrycon
- Argopleura
- Attonitus
- Aulixidens
- Boehlkea
- Bryconacidnus
- Bryconadenos
- Bryconamericus
- Caiapobrycon
- Ceratobranchia
- Corynopoma
- Creagrutus
- Cyanocharax
- Cyanogaster
- Diapoma
- Gephyrocharax
- Glandulocauda
- Hemibrycon
- Hypobrycon
- Hysteronotus
- Iotabrycon
- Knodus
- Landonia
- Lepidocharax
- Lophiobrycon
- Microgenys
- Mimagoniates
- Monotocheirodon
- Nantis
- Odontostoechus
- Othonocheirodus
- Phenacobrycon
- Piabarchus
- Piabina
- Planaltina
- Pseudocorynopoma
- Pterobrycon
- Ptychocharax
- Rhinobrycon
- Rhinopetitia
- Scopaeocharax
- Trochilocharax
- Tyttocharax
- Xenurobrycon
Subfamily Tetragonopterinae
- Tetragonopterus