Superorder Characiphysae (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Otophysa according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Chanoididae, Characiformes, Characiphysi, Cyprinae, Cypriniformes, Cypriniphysi, Gymnotiformes, Siluriformes, Siluriphysi, Sooinichthys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Characiphysae in the database