Family Chalceidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Characiformes - Chalceidae
Parent taxon: Characoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Acestrorhynchidae, Alestoidea, Bryconidae, Characidae, Characoidea, Chilodontidae, Crenuchidae, Crenuchoidea, Ctenoluciidae, Cynodontidae, Erythrinidae, Erythrinoidea, Gasteropelecidae, Hemiodontidae, Hepsetidae, Lebiasinidae, Parodontidae, Prochilodontidae, Serrasalmidae, Triportheidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chalceidae in the database