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Characines
Characinae
Characidae, the characids or characins, is a family of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish belonging to the order Characiformes. The name "characins" is a historical one, but scientists today tend to prefer "characids" to reflect their status as a, by and large, monophyletic group (at family rank). To arrive there, this family has undergone much systematic and taxonomic change. Among those fishes remaining in the Characidae currently are the tetras, comprising the very similar genera Hemigrammus...
9 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 95 known species
Roeboides
genusRoeboides
Headstander Tetras
genusCharax
Cynopotamus
genusCynopotamus
Galeocharax
genusGaleocharax
Phenacogaster
genusPhenacogaster
Microschemobrycon
genusMicroschemobrycon
Acanthocharax
genusAcanthocharax
Atopomesus
genusAtopomesus
Acestrocephalus
genusAcestrocephalus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 788647.