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IRMNG taxon details

Characiformes

10029  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:10029)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Characiformes (Order)
accepted
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  1. Family Acestrorhynchidae Eigenmann, 1912
  2. Family Alestidae Cockerell, 1910
  3. Family Anostomidae Gunther, 1864
  4. Genus Bryconetes Weiss, Malabarba & Malabarba, 2014 †
  5. Family Bryconidae Eigenmann, 1912
  6. Family Chalceidae Fowler, 1958
  7. Family Characidae Fowler, 1932
  8. Family Characiformes incertae sedis †
  9. Family Chilodidae Eigenmann, 1910
  10. Family Citharinidae Gunther, 1864
  11. Family Crenuchidae Gunther, 1864
  12. Family Ctenoluciidae Schultz, 1944
  13. Family Curimatidae Gill, 1858
  14. Family Cynodontidae Eigenmann, 1903
  15. Family Distichodontidae Gunther, 1864
  16. Genus Eocitharinus Murray, 2003 †
  17. Family Erythrinidae Valenciennes, 1847
  18. Family Gasteropelecidae Bleeker, 1859
  19. Family Hemiodontidae Bleeker, 1859
  20. Family Hepsetidae Hubbs, 1939
  21. Family Iguanodectidae Eigenmann, 1909
  22. Family Lebiasinidae Gill, 1889
  23. Family Parodontidae Eigenmann, 1910
  24. Family Prochilodontidae Eigenmann, 1909
  25. Family Serrasalmidae Bleeker, 1859
  26. Family Sorbinicharacidae Taverne, 2003 †
  27. Family Tarumaniidae de Pinna, Zuanon, Py-Daniel & Petry, 2018
  28. Family Triportheidae Fowler, 1940
  29. Family Characiformes (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
  30. Family Characidiidae Fowler, 1932 accepted as Crenuchidae Gunther, 1864
  31. Family Hydrocynidae Bonaparte, 1835 accepted as Alestidae Cockerell, 1910
  32. Family Hemiodidae accepted as Hemiodontidae Bleeker, 1859 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  33. Family Alestiidae Nelson, 2006 accepted as Alestidae Cockerell, 1910 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
  34. Family Chilodontidae Eigenmann, 1910 accepted as Chilodidae Eigenmann, 1910 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Characiformes. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10029 on 2025-07-14
Date
action
by
2010-05-31 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony

Not documented
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