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Superfamily Characoidea (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Characiformes

Parent taxon: Characoidei according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acestrorhynchidae, Alestoidea, Bryconidae, Chalceidae, Characidae, Chilodontidae, Crenuchidae, Crenuchoidea, Ctenoluciidae, Cynodontidae, Erythrinidae, Erythrinoidea, Gasteropelecidae, Hemiodontidae, Hepsetidae, Lebiasinidae, Parodontidae, Prochilodontidae, Serrasalmidae, Triportheidae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lothagam-Nawata and Nachukui Formations (Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya)

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