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| Parents | Sources |
|---|---|
| Actinopterygii |
IUCN Red List (Species Assessed for Global Conservation) FishBase (Fish Species) WORMS Species Information (Marine Species) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Characiphysi | NCBI Taxonomy |
| Ostariophysi | Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Otophysi | Paleobiology Database |
| Children | Sources |
|---|---|
| Acestrorhynchidae Eigenmann, 1912 | Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Acestrorhynchidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Alestidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) WORMS Species Information (Marine Species) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Alestiidae |
IUCN Red List (Species Assessed for Global Conservation) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Anostomidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Characidae |
NCBI Taxonomy IUCN Red List (Species Assessed for Global Conservation) FishBase (Fish Species) WORMS Species Information (Marine Species) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Chilodontidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Citharinidae |
IUCN Red List (Species Assessed for Global Conservation) NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Citharinoidei Buckup 1998 | Paleobiology Database |
| Crenuchidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Ctenoluciidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Curimatidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Cynodontidae Eigenmann, 1907 | Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Cynodontidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) WORMS Species Information (Marine Species) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Distichodontidae |
IUCN Red List (Species Assessed for Global Conservation) NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Erythrinidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Gasteropelecidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Hemiodontidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Hepsetidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Lebiasinidae |
NCBI Taxonomy FishBase (Fish Species) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Parodontidae |
FishBase (Fish Species) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Prochilodontidae |
FishBase (Fish Species) WORMS Species Information (Marine Species) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| Serrasalmidae | FishBase (Fish Species) |
| Serrasalmidae | Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 |
| unclassified Characiformes | NCBI Taxonomy |
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