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Taxon: Suborder Characoidei (fish)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopterygii - (Order) Characiformes

Current position

Characiformes (Order) Goodrich, 1909

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 138.

Alternative positions

Cypriniformes (Order) Rafinesque, 1810

Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 873.

Historical positions

*Characiformes* (Order) Goodrich, 1909	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 138.
*Characiformes* (Order) Goodrich, 1909	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 151.
*Cypriniformes* (Order) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 873.
*Cypriniformes* (Order) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	16f;247g;1979s; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	22[16]f;>1000s
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 138	16f
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 873	22[16]f;>1000s
1973-1975	B. Grzimek	14f~1,200s

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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024