Suborder Characoidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Characiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Citharinoidei, Miletes, Rhodsia, Santanichthys
Subtaxa: Acestrorhynchidae Alestoidea Bryconidae Chalceidae Characidae Characoidea Chilodontidae Crenuchidae Crenuchoidea Ctenoluciidae Cynodontidae Erythrinidae Erythrinoidea Gasteropelecidae Hemiodontidae Hepsetidae Lebiasinidae Parodontidae Prochilodontidae Serrasalmidae Triportheidae
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