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Characins

Characiformes

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Characiformes
Order recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Characiformes
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Characiformes
Recognized by Eswatini Species List, Egypt Species List, NBII images, AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, IABIN, Angola Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Bolivia Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, France Species List, French Guiana Species List, Gabon Species List, Ghana Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, Hong Kong Species List, India Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kenya Species List, Liberia Species List, Malawi Species List, Mali Species List, Namibia Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Panama Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Rwanda Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, South Africa Species List, Sudan Species List, Suriname Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, Venezuela Species List, Uruguay Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, Mexico Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, United States Species List, and Ladich and Popper 2004

Alternative Names

Alestoides Monod & Gaudant 1998
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Characiformes
Harvest ancestor according to Arkive, EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, Animal Diversity Web, Conabio, Conabio, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Brazil, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, Fishbase, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, World Register of Marine Species, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group
Characoidei
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Gerichthys Zarske 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mahengecharax Murray 2003
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megacheirodon Malabarba 1998
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Plesiocurimata de Figueiredo & Costa-Carvalho 1999
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhodsia Fowler 1911
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

characins preferred
Recognized by admin

Arabic

كراسين preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

харацынападобныя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

харацидоподобни preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Caraciforme preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

脂鲤目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

trnobřiší preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

karperzalmachtigen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

tetrakalat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Galician

Caraciformes preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

ქარაცინისნაირნი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Salmlerartige preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

חריתאים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

pontylazacalakúak preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

カラシン目 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Korean

카라신목 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Characidai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

пастромкокраповидни preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

karpelaksfisker preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

تتراسانان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

kąsaczokształtne preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

харацинообразные preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

Charaxotvaré preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Laxkarpar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

อันดับปลาคาราซิน preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

харациноподібні preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Bộ Cá chép mỡ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

كراسين preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

چاراسیفورمس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mrj

Харацин йиш preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

脂鲤目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

脂鲤目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

脂鯉目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

脂鯉目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

脂鯉目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Characiformes

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Characiformes (this page)
Characoidei
Citharinoidei
Cypriniformes
Gonorynchiformes
Gymnotiformes
Siluriformes

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Characiformes (this page)
Acestrorhynchidae
Alestidae
Anostomidae
Bryconidae
Characidae
Chilodontidae
Citharinidae
Crenuchidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae
Distichodontidae
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Iguanodectidae
Lebiasinidae
Parodontidae
Prochilodontidae
Serrasalmidae
Triportheidae
Acipenseriformes
Albuliformes
Amiiformes
Anguilliformes
Ateleopodiformes
Atheriniformes
Aulopiformes
Batrachoidiformes
Beloniformes
Beryciformes
Cetomimiformes
Clupeiformes
Cypriniformes
Cyprinodontiformes
Elopiformes
Esociformes
Gadiformes
Gasterosteiformes
Gobiesociformes
Gonorynchiformes
Gymnotiformes
Lampriformes
Lepisosteiformes
Lophiiformes
Mugiliformes
Myctophiformes
Notacanthiformes
Ophidiiformes
Osmeriformes
Osteoglossiformes
Perciformes
Percopsiformes
Pleuronectiformes
Polymixiiformes
Polypteriformes
Saccopharyngiformes
Salmoniformes
Scorpaeniformes
Siluriformes
Stephanoberyciformes
Stomiiformes
Synbranchiformes
Syngnathiformes
Tetraodontiformes
Zeiformes

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Characiformes (this page)
Characoidei
Citharinoidei
Cypriniformes
Gonorynchiformes
Gymnotiformes
Siluriformes

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Characiformes (this page)
Characoidei
Citharinoidei
Cypriniformes
Gonorynchiformes
Gymnotiformes
Siluriformes

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Characiformes (this page)
Characoidei
Citharinoidei
Cypriniformes
Gonorynchiformes
Gymnotiformes
Siluriformes

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Characiformes (this page)
Acestrorhynchidae
Alestidae
Alestiidae
Anostomidae
Bryconidae
Chalceidae
Characidae
Chilodidae
Chilodontidae
Citharinidae
Crenuchidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae
Distichodontidae
Eocitharinus Murray 2003
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Iguanodectidae
Lebiasinidae
Parodontidae
Prochilodontidae
Salminopsidae
Santanichthys Silva Santos 1991
Serrasalmidae
Sorbinicharacidae
Tarumaniidae
Triportheidae
Acipenseriformes
Aeduelliidae
Albuliformes
Allothrissopidae
Amblypteridae
Ameghinichthys Arratia, Scasso & Kiessling 2004
Anapterus Sauvage 1873
Andalusias Sykes & Simon 1979
Aneurolepis White & Moy-Thomas 1941
Archaeomaenidae
Armigatus Grande 1982
Asiatolepis Takai 1944
Asineopidae
Aspidorhynchidae
Atacamichthys Arratia & Schiltz 1987
Ateleopodiformes
Atkinsonella Jordan & Gilbert 1920
Batrachoidiformes
Birgeriidae
Bobasatraniidae
Cetomimiformes
Chirodontidae
Coccocephalichthys Whitley 1940
Commentryidae
Cornuboniscidae
Cryphiolepididae
Cypriniformes
Daqingshaniscus Chen Xiaoping 1988
Diplospondichthys Filleul & Dutheil 2004
Ducanichthys Burgin, Eichenberger, Furrer & Tschanz 1991
Dwykiidae
Elopiformes
Flugopterus Whitley 1951
Gobiesociformes
Gonorynchiformes
Guaymayenia Rusconi 1946
Gymnotiformes
Haplolepididae
Heterothrissa Gaudant 1978
Holuridae
Ichthyokentemidae
Jinanichthys Ma & Sun 1988
Lampriformes
Lawrenciella Poplin 1984
Lepisosteiformes
Leptolepididae
Limnomis Daeschler 2000
Longdeichthys Liu Zhicheng 1982
Lophiiformes
Lophosteus Pander 1856
Luganoiidae
Melanecta Coates 1998
Milyeringidae
Muensterichthys Schaumberg 1989
Mugiliformes
Myctophiformes
Neochallaia Rusconi 1949
Neosemionotus Bocchino 1973
Notacanthiformes
Oligopleuridae
Ophidiiformes
Ophiopsiellidae
Osmeriformes
Osorioichthys Casier 1954
Osteoglossiformes
Pachycormidae
Palaeoniscidae
Palaeoniscinotus Rohon 1890
Paratarrasius Lund & Melton 1982
Percopsiformes
Perleididae
Phoenicolepis Gaudant 1978
Pholidophorichthys Gaudant 1978
Pholidophoridae
Pholidopleuridae
Placidichthys Brito 2000
Platysomidae
Plethodidae
Pleuropholidae
Polypteriformes
Pycnodontidae
Ramphosus Agassiz 1842
Redfieldiidae
Reticulolepis Aldinger 1937
Saccopharyngiformes
Salmoniformes
Santanasalmo Gallo, de Figueiredo & Azevedo 2009
Saurodontidae
Schizospondylus Fritsch & Bayer 1902
Sedenhorstia White & Moy-Thomas 1941
Siyuichthyidae
Strepheoschematidae
Tarrasius Traquair 1881
Tegeolepis Miller 1892
Thoracopteridae
Trissolepididae
Utahacanthus Schultz 1990
Vallecillichthys Blanco & Cavin 2003
Willomorichthyidae
Woodichthys Coates 1998
322 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Ostariophysi
Characiformes (this page)
Acestrorhynchidae Eigenmann 1912
Alestiidae
Anostomidae
Characidae
Citharinidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae Eigenmann 1907
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Lebiasinidae
Cypriniformes
Gonorynchiformes
Gymnotiformes
Siluriformes

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Characiformes (this page)
Acestrorhynchidae
Alestidae
Anostomidae
Bryconidae
Chalceidae
Characidae
Citharinidae
Crenuchidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae
Distichodontidae
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Iguanodectidae
Lebiasinidae
Parodontidae
Prochilodontidae
Serrasalmidae
Triportheidae
Acipenseriformes
Albuliformes
Amiiformes
Anguilliformes
Ateleopodiformes
Atheriniformes
Aulopiformes
Batrachoidiformes
Beloniformes
Beryciformes
Cetomimiformes
Clupeiformes
Cypriniformes
Cyprinodontiformes
Elopiformes
Esociformes
Gadiformes
Gasterosteiformes
Gobiesociformes
Gonorynchiformes
Gymnotiformes
Lampriformes
Lepisosteiformes
Lophiiformes
Mugiliformes
Myctophiformes
Notacanthiformes
Ophidiiformes
Osmeriformes
Osteoglossiformes
Perciformes
Percopsiformes
Pleuronectiformes
Polymixiiformes
Polypteriformes
Saccopharyngiformes
Salmoniformes
Scorpaeniformes
Siluriformes
Stephanoberyciformes
Stomiiformes
Synbranchiformes
Syngnathiformes
Tetraodontiformes
Zeiformes

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Clupeocephala
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Otophysi
Characiphysae
Characiformes (this page)
Characiformes incertae sedis
Characoidei
Citharinoidei
unclassified Characiformes
Gymnotiformes
Siluriformes

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Ostariophysi
Characiformes (this page)
Alestidae
Anostomoidea
Chalceidae
Characoidei
Citharinidae
Citharinoidei
Ctenoluciidae
Distichodontidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Salminopsidae
Serrasalmidae
Tarumaniidae
Triportheidae
Triporthidae
Anotophysa
Anotophysi
Characiphysae
Cypriniformes
Gonorynchiformes
Gymnotiformes
Otophysa
Otophysi
Siluriformes

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Teleostei
Characiformes (this page)
Alestidae
Characidae
Cynodontidae
Erythrinidae
Iguanodectidae
Prochilodontidae
Serrasalmidae
Tarumaniidae
Acanthuriformes
Acropomatiformes
Albuliformes
Alepocephaliformes
Alepocephaliformes
Anabantiformes
Anabantiformes
Anguilliformes
Anguilliformes
Argentiniformes
Argentiniformes
Ateleopodiformes
Ateleopodiformes
Atheriniformes
Atheriniformes
Aulopiformes
Aulopiformes
Batrachoidiformes
Batrachoidiformes
Beloniformes
Beloniformes
Beryciformes
Beryciformes
Blenniiformes
Blenniiformes
Callionymiformes
Callionymiformes
Carangaria incertae sedis
Carangiformes
Carangiformes
Centrarchiformes
Cetomimiformes
Cetomimiformes
Cichliformes
Cichliformes
Clupeiformes
Clupeiformes
Cypriniformes
Cyprinodontiformes
Cyprinodontiformes
Dactylopteriformes
Dactylopteriformes
Elopiformes
Elopiformes
Esociformes
Eupercaria incertae sedis
Gadiformes
Gadiformes
Galaxiiformes
Gobiesociformes
Gobiesociformes
Gobiiformes
Gobiiformes
Gymnotiformes
Holocentriformes
Holocentriformes
Kurtiformes
Kurtiformes
Lampriformes
Lampriformes
Lophiiformes
Lophiiformes
Mugiliformes
Mulliformes
Mulliformes
Myctophiformes
Myctophiformes
Notacanthiformes
Notacanthiformes
Ophidiiformes
Ophidiiformes
Osmeriformes
Osmeriformes
Ovalentaria incertae sedis
Perciformes
Perciformes
Pleuronectiformes
Pleuronectiformes
Polymixiiformes
Polymixiiformes
Saccopharyngiformes
Saccopharyngiformes
Salmoniformes
Salmoniformes
Scombriformes
Scombriformes
Siluriformes
Stomiiformes
Stomiiformes
Stylephoriformes
Stylephoriformes
Synbranchiformes
Syngnathiformes
Syngnathiformes
Tetraodontiformes
Tetraodontiformes
Trachichthyiformes
Trachichthyiformes
Zeiformes
Zeiformes
14 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.
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