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Characinidae

Actinopteri - Heterognathi - Characinidae

Taxonomy
Characinidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyprinoidea by Schaeffer (1947); and to Heterognathi by Jordan (1963).

Subtaxa
Eobrycon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Characinidae Schaeffer p. 24
1963Characinidae Jordan p. 634

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
orderHeterognathi
familyCharacinidae
familyCharacinidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. †Eobrycon Jordan 1907
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†Eobrycon avus Woodward 1898
†Eobrycon branneri Eigenmann 1929
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available