Taxonomy Profile: Characidae

Characidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Characidiidae
Crenuchidae
Serrasalmidae
Characinae
Tetragonopterinae
Iguanodectinae
Glandulocaudinae
Serrasalminae
Rhoadsiinae
Crenuchinae
Characidiinae
Stethaprioninae
Common Name(s):
American characins []
characins []
tetras []
charicidés []
tétras []
carácidos []
characins []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Characidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Ostariophysi
Order : Characiformes
leporins |
piranhas |
piranhas |
Family : Characidae
American characins |
characins |
tetras |
charicidés |
tétras |
carácidos |
characins |
Characidae Direct Children(s):
Astyanax
(Baird and Girard 1854)
Exodon
(Müller and Troschel 1844)
Hyphessobrycon
(Durbin in Eigenmann 1908)
Gymnocorymbus
(Eigenmann 1908)
Charax
(Scopoli 1777)
Roeboides
(Günther 1864)
Brycon
(Müller and Troschel 1844)
Chalceus
(Cuvier 1818)
Aphyocharax
(Günther 1868)
Prionobrama
(Fowler 1913)
Corynopoma
(Gill 1858)
Pseudocorynopoma
(Perugia 1891)
Creagrutus
(Günther 1864)
Ctenobrycon
(Eigenmann 1908)
Gephyrocharax
(Eigenmann 1912)
Tetragonopterus
(Cuvier 1816)
Hasemania
(Ellis 1911)
Hemibrycon
(Günther 1864)
Hemigrammus
(Gill 1858)
Mimagoniates
(Regan 1907)
Moenkhausia
(Eigenmann 1903)
Nematobrycon
(Eigenmann 1911)
Stygichthys
(Brittan and Böhlke 1965)
Thayeria
(Eigenmann 1908)
Cheirodon
(Girard 1855)
Pristella
(Eigenmann 1908)
Triportheus
(Cope 1872)
Gnathocharax
(Fowler 1913)
Paragoniates
(Steindachner 1876)
Xenagoniates
(Myers 1942)
Poptella
(Eigenmann 1908)
Axelrodia
(Géry 1965)
Boehlkea
(Géry 1966)
Carlastyanax
(Géry 1972)
Paracheirodon
(Géry 1960)
Inpaichthys
(Géry and Junk 1977)
Petitella
(Géry and Boutière 1964)
Characidium
(Reinhardt 1867)
Crenuchus
(Günther 1863)
Acnodon
(Eigenmann 1903)
Colossoma
(Eigenmann and Kennedy 1903)
Metynnis
(Cope 1878)
Myleus
(Müller and Troschel 1844)
Mylossoma
(Eigenmann and Kennedy 1903)
Serrasalmus
(Lacepède 1803)
Piaractus
(Eigenmann 1903)
Phenacogaster
(Eigenmann 1907)
Priocharax
(Weitzman and Vari 1987)
Bryconamericus
(Eigenmann in Eigenmann McAtee and Ward 1907)
Bryconops
(Kner 1858)
Oligosarcus
(Günther 1864)
Probolodus
(Eigenmann 1911)
Rachoviscus
(Myers 1926)
Tyttobrycon
(Géry 1973)
Iguanodectes
(Cope 1872)
Piabucus
(Oken 1817)
Diapoma
(Cope 1894)
Glandulocauda
(Eigenmann 1911)
Xenurobrycon
(Myers and Miranda Ribeiro 1945)
Pygocentrus
(Müller and Troschel 1844)
Catoprion
(Müller and Troschel 1844)
Carlana
(Strand 1928)
Rhoadsia
(Fowler 1911)
Parastremma
(Eigenmann 1912)
Poecilocharax
(Eigenmann 1909)
Ammocryptocharax
(Weitzman and Kanazawa 1976)
Elachocharax
(Myers 1927)
Klausewitzia
(Géry 1965)
Melanocharacidium
(Buckup 1993)
Microcharacidium
(Buckup 1993)
Brachychalcinus
(Boulenger 1892)
Myloplus
(Gill 1896)
Acanthocharax
(Eigenmann 1912)
Acestrocephalus
(Eigenmann 1910)
Acinocheirodon
(Malabarba and Weitzman 1999)
Acrobrycon
(Eigenmann and Pearson in Pearson 1924)
Agoniates
(Müller and Troschel 1845)
Aphyocharacidium
(Géry 1960)
Aphyocheirodon
(Eigenmann 1915)
Aphyodite
(Eigenmann 1912)
Argopleura
(Eigenmann 1913)
Astyanacinus
(Eigenmann 1907)
Atopomesus
(Myers 1927)
Attonitus
(Vari and Ortega 2000)
Aulixidens
(Böhlke 1952)
Bario
(Myers 1940)
Bramocharax
(Gill in Gill and Bransford 1877)
Brittanichthys
(Géry 1965)
Bryconacidnus
(Myers in Eigenmann and Myers 1929)
Bryconella
(Géry 1965)
Bryconexodon
(Géry 1980)
Caiapobrycon
(Malabarba and Vari 2000)
Ceratobranchia
(Eigenmann in Eigenmann Henn and Wilson 1914)
Cheirodontops
(Schultz 1944)
Chilobrycon
(Géry and de Rham 1981)
Chrysobrycon
(Weitzman and Menezes 1998)
Clupeacharax
(Pearson 1924)
Compsura
(Eigenmann 1915)
Coptobrycon
(Géry 1966)
Cyanocharax
(Malabarba and Weitzman 2003)
Cynopotamus
(Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1850)
Deuterodon
(Eigenmann in Eigenmann McAtee and Ward 1907)
Engraulisoma
(Castro 1981)
Galeocharax
(Fowler 1910)
Genycharax
(Eigenmann 1912)
Geryichthys
(Zarske 1997)
Grundulus
(Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1846)
Gymnocharacinus
(Steindachner 1903)
Gymnotichthys
(Fernández-Yépez 1950)
Henochilus
(Garman 1890)
Heterocharax
(Eigenmann 1912)
Heterocheirodon
(Malabarba 1998)
Hollandichthys
(Eigenmann 1910)
Hoplocharax
(Géry 1966)
Hypobrycon
(Malabarba and Malabarba 1994)
Hysteronotus
(Eigenmann 1911)
Iotabrycon
(Roberts 1973)
Jupiaba
(Zanata 1997)
Knodus
(Eigenmann 1911)
Kolpotocheirodon
(Malabarba and Weitzman 2000)
Landonia
(Eigenmann and Henn in Eigenmann Henn and Wilson 1914)
Leptagoniates
(Boulenger 1887)
Leptobrycon
(Eigenmann 1915)
Leptocharacidium
(Buckup 1993)
Lignobrycon
(Eigenmann and Myers 1929)
Lonchogenys
(Myers 1927)
Lophiobrycon
(Castro Ribeira Benine and Melo 2003)
Macropsobrycon
(Eigenmann 1915)
Markiana
(Eigenmann 1903)
Microgenys
(Eigenmann 1913)
Microschemobrycon
(Eigenmann 1915)
Mixobrycon
(Eigenmann 1915)
Monotocheirodon
(Eigenmann and Pearson in Pearson 1924)
Mylesinus
(Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1850)
Nanocheirodon
(Malabarba 1998)
Nematocharax
(Weitzman Menezes and Britski 1986)
Odontocharacidium
(Buckup 1993)
Odontostilbe
(Cope 1870)
Odontostoechus
(Gomes 1947)
Oligobrycon
(Eigenmann 1915)
Orthospinus
(Reis 1989)
Ossubtus
(Jégu 1992)
Othonocheirodus
(Myers 1927)
Oxybrycon
(Géry 1964)
Parapristella
(Géry 1964)
Parecbasis
(Eigenmann 1914)
Phenacobrycon
(Eigenmann 1922)
Phenagoniates
(Eigenmann and Wilson in Eigenmann Henn and Wilson 1914)
Piabarchus
(Myers 1928)
Piabina
(Reinhardt 1867)
Planaltina
(Böhlke 1954)
Pristobrycon
(Eigenmann 1915)
Prodontocharax
(Eigenmann and Pearson in Pearson 1924)
Psalidodon
(Eigenmann 1911)
Psellogrammus
(Eigenmann 1908)
Pseudochalceus
(Kner 1863)
Pseudocheirodon
(Meek and Hildebrand 1916)
Pterobrycon
(Eigenmann 1913)
Ptychocharax
(Weitzman Fink Machado-Allison and Royero L 1994)
Pygopristis
(Müller and Troschel 1844)
Rhinobrycon
(Myers 1944)
Rhinopetitia
(Géry 1964)
Roeboexodon
(Géry 1959)
Saccoderma
(Schultz 1944)
Salminus
(Agassiz in Spix and Agassiz 1829)
Schultzites
(Géry 1964)
Scissor
(Günther 1864)
Scopaeocharax
(Weitzman and Fink 1985)
Serrabrycon
(Vari 1986)
Serrapinnus
(Malabarba 1998)
Skiotocharax
(Presswell Weitzman and Bergquist 2000)
Spintherobolus
(Eigenmann 1911)
Stethaprion
(Cope 1870)
Stichonodon
(Eigenmann 1903)
Thrissobrycon
(Böhlke 1953)
Tometes
(Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1850)
Tucanoichthys
(Géry and Römer 1997)
Tyttocharax
(Fowler 1913)
Utiaritichthys
(Miranda Ribeiro 1937)
Cheirodon ortegai
(Vari and Géry 1980)
Cheirodon pulcher
(Gill 1858)
Deuterodon potaroensis
(Eigenmann 1909)
Characidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Wayne C. Starnes
Notes:
Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
Reference for:
Characidae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Characidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Shiino, Sueo M.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1976-09-01 / 1976-09-01
Article/Chapter Title:
List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
Page(s):
262
Publisher:
Shima Marineland
Publication Place:
Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
ISBN/ISSN:
/0385-1109
Notes:
Reference for:
Characidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nelson, Joseph S.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-01-01 / 1994-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fishes of the World, Third Edition
Page(s):
xvii + 600
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-54713-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Characidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1989-01-01 / 1989-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Aquarium Atlas
Page(s):
992
Publisher:
Hans A. Baensch
Publication Place:
Melle, Germany
ISBN/ISSN:
3-88244-050-3/
Notes:
Reference for:
Characidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2003-12-31 / 2003-12-31
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Page(s):
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
Reference for:
Characidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2003-12-31 / 2003-12-31
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Page(s):
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
The second edition of the Vertebrate Checklist is in press as of 2/1998.
Reference for:
Characidae
Characidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Characidae: Comments