Category:Characiformes
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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
- Lebiasinidae - Pencilfish
- Parodontidae
- Prochilodontidae
- Articles about fish within the family Characidae can be found in the Category:Characins listed below, articles about fish from other families within Chariciformes are listed on this page.
Subcategories
This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.
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