[Phylum] Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Craniata auct.
     Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
       Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
         Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
           Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
             Infraclass Actinopteri Cope, 1871 see Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
               Superdivision Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                 Superdivision Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001 see Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                   Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                     Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                       Subcohort Otomorpha Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                         Superorder Ostariophysi Sagemehl, 1885
                           Section Otophysa Rosen & Greenwood, 1970
                             Order Characiformes Goodrich, 1909 - characins
                               Suborder Characoidei
                                 01 Family Crenuchidae Günther, 1864 - crenuchids
                                 02 Family Ctenoluciidae Schultz, 1944 - pike characids
                                 03 Family Lebiasinidae Gill, 1889 - lebiasinids
                                 04 Family Chalceidae Fowler, 1958 - tucanfishes
                                 05 Family Acestrorhynchidae Eigenmann, 1912 - freshwater barracudas and biting tetras
                                 06 Family Iguanodectidae Eigenmann, 1909 - iguanodectids
                                 07 Family Triportheidae Fowler, 1940 - hatchet characins
                                 08 Family Gasteropelecidae Bleeker, 1859 - freshwater hatchetfishes
                                 09 Family Bryconidae Eigenmann, 1912 - bryconids
                                 10 Family Characidae Latreille, 1825 - characids
                                 11 Family Alestidae Cockerell, 1910 - African tetras
                                 12 Family Hepsetidae Hubbs, 1939 (1909) - African pikes
                                 13 Family Tarumaniidae de Pinna, Zuanon, Rapp Py-Daniel & Petry, 2017 - muckfishes
                                 14 Family Erythrinidae Valenciennes, 1847 - trahiras
                                 15 Family Cynodontidae Eigenmann, 1903, nom. protect. - sabertoothed characids
                                 16 Family Hemiodontidae Bleeker, 1859 - hemiodontids
                                 17 Family Serrasalmidae Bleeker, 1859 - piranhas and allies
                                 18 Family Parodontidae Eigenmann, 1910 - darter tetras
                                 19 Family Prochilodontidae Eigenmann, 1909 - bocachicos
                                 20 Family Curimatidae Gill, 1858 - toothless characiforms
                                 21 Family Chilodontidae Fowler, 1950, nom. illeg. - headstanders see Family Chilodidae Eigenmann, 1910
                                 22 Family Anostomidae Günther, 1864 - toothed headstanders