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Characids
Characidae
Characidae, the characids or characins is a family of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish, belonging to the order Characiformes. The name "characins" is the historical one, but scientists today tend to prefer "characids" to reflect their status as a by and large monophyletic group at family rank. To arrive there, this family has undergone much systematic and taxonomic change. Among those fishes that remain in the Characidae for the time being are the tetras, comprising the...
12 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 212 known species
Characinae
subfamilyCharacinae
Cheirodontinae
subfamilyCheirodontinae
Aphyocharacinae
subfamilyAphyocharacinae
Tetragonopterinae
subfamilyTetragonopterinae
Exodontinae
subfamilyExodontinae
Dectobrycon
genusDectobrycon
Mixobrycon
genusMixobrycon
Leptobrycon
genusLeptobrycon
Thrissobrycon
genusThrissobrycon
Oligobrycon
genusOligobrycon
Schultzites
genusSchultzites
Serrabrycon
genusSerrabrycon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47387.