Order Characiformes Regan 1911 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Characiphysae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Arratia 2015, Filleul and Maisey 2004, Long 2011, Murray 2003, Nelson 2006 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Gymnotiformes, Siluriformes
Subtaxa: Characoidei Citharinoidei Miletes Rhodsia Santanichthys
Ecology: