Characiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo:
Superfamiliae: Alestoidea - Anostomoidea - Characoidea - Citharinoidei - Cynodontoidea
Familiae (24): Acestrorhynchidae - Alestidae - Anostomidae - Bryconidae - Chalceidae - Characidae - Chilodontidae - Citharinidae - Crenuchidae - Ctenoluciidae - Curimatidae - Cynodontidae - Distichodontidae - Erythrinidae - Gasteropelecidae - Hemiodontidae - Hepsetidae - Iguanodectidae - Lebiasinidae - Parodontidae - Prochilodontidae - Serrasalmidae - Triportheidae - †Salminopsidae

• Characiformes Regan, 1911

• Mirande, J. M., 2009: Weighted parsimony phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Cladistics 25: 574–613. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00262.x

• Mirande, J. M., 2010: Phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes): from characters to taxonomy. Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (3): 385–568.

• Oliveira, C. et al. 2011: Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC evolutionary biology 11: 275. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-275 Reference page. 

• Characiformes in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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