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