Category:Characiformes
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Here is a list of articles in the Characiformes category of the Biology portal. The Characiformes are fishes of order Characiformes and are found in South America and Africa.
The best known fish of this order are in the family characidae known as the Characins which include the South American Tetras, however there are many other families within this order:
- Acestrorhynchidae
- Alestiidae - African Tetras
- Anostomidae - Headstanders
- Characidae - Characins
- Chilodontidae
- Citharinidae
- Ctenoluciidae - Pike Characids
- Curimatidae
- Cynodontidae
- Erythrinidae - Trahiras
- Gasteropelecidae - Freshwater hatchetfishes
- Hemiodontidae
- Hepsetidae
- Iguanodectidae
- Lebiasinidae - Pencilfish
- Parodontidae
- Prochilodontidae
Subcategories
This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total.
- Characiformes genera (53 P)
A
- Acestrorhynchidae (19 P)
- Anostomidae (75 P)
C
- Chilodontidae (fish) (4 P)
- Crenuchidae (22 P)
- Ctenoluciidae (5 P)
- Curimatidae (12 P)
- Cynodontidae (11 P)
D
- Distichodontidae (23 P)
E
- Erythrinidae (19 P)
G
- Gasteropelecidae (13 P)
H
- Hemiodontidae (7 P)
L
- Lebiasinidae (43 P)
P
- Parodontidae (4 P)
- Piranhas (20 P)
- Prochilodontidae (8 P)
S
- Serrasalmidae (65 P)
Pages in category "Characiformes"
The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total.
B
- Biology:Bryconidae
- Biology:Bryconops alburnoides
- Biology:Bryconops allisoni
- Biology:Bryconops chernoffi
- Biology:Bryconops colanegra
- Biology:Bryconops colaroja
- Biology:Bryconops collettei
- Biology:Bryconops cyrtogaster
- Biology:Bryconops disruptus
- Biology:Bryconops durbinae
- Biology:Bryconops florenceae
- Biology:Bryconops giacopinii
- Biology:Bryconops gracilis
- Biology:Bryconops hexalepis
- Biology:Bryconops humeralis
- Biology:Bryconops imitator
- Biology:Bryconops inpai
- Biology:Bryconops magoi
- Biology:Bryconops marabaixo
- Biology:Bryconops melanurus
- Biology:Bryconops munduruku
- Biology:Bryconops piracolina
- Biology:Bryconops rheoruber
- Biology:Bryconops sapezal
- Biology:Bryconops tocantinensis
- Biology:Bryconops transitoria
- Biology:Bryconops vibex