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Characidae
Latreille, 1825
- characids
(fish)
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Entity:
Characoidea (Superfamily)
..Acestrorhamphidae (Family) - American tetras
..Acestrorhynchidae (Family) - freshwater barracudas and biting tetras
..Bryconidae (Family) - bryconids
..Chalceidae (Family) - tucanfishes
..Ctenoluciidae (Family) - pike characids
..Gasteropelecidae (Family) - freshwater hatchetfishes
..Iguanodectidae (Family) - iguanodectids
..Lebiasinidae (Family) - lebiasinids
..Spintherobolidae (Family) - piquiras
..Stevardiidae (Family) - stevardiids
..Triportheidae (Family) - hatchet characins
..Characidae (Family) - characids
....Aphyocharacinae (Subfamily) - glass characins
....Characinae (Subfamily) - characines
....Cheirodontinae (Subfamily) - cheirodontines
....Exodontinae (Subfamily) - lepidophagous characins
....†Palaeocharax (Genus)
....†Paleotetra (Genus)
....Tetragonopterinae (Subfamily)
Basic information
Distribution
:
North, Middle & South America
Habitat
:
freshwater
Status
:
extant
Paleontology
Period
:
Late Miocene
-
Present
Ref:
R. Froese & D. Pauly (eds.), 1990-present
: 13 Jan 2006.
Geography
Geographic region
:
Central America
Geographic region
:
North America
Geographic region
:
South America
Ecology/Habitat
Habitat
:
Freshwater
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21 Sep 2025