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Characoidea (disused)

Actinopteri - Characiformes

Taxonomy
Characoidea is a superfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Characoidei by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Characoidea Nelson et al. p. 202

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderCharaciformesRegan 1911
suborderCharacoidei
superfamilyCharacoidea
superfamilyCharacoidea

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.

Superfm. Characoidea
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available