Fishes
   Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
     Order Characiformes Goodrich, 1909 - characins
       01 Family Citharinidae Günther, 1864 - citharinids
       02 Family Alestiidae Nelson, 2006, nom. illeg. - African tetras see Family Alestidae Cockerell, 1910
       03 Family Hepsetidae Hubbs, 1939 (1909) - African pikes
       04 Family Hemiodontidae Bleeker, 1859 - hemiodontids
       05 Family Curimatidae Gill, 1858 - toothless characiforms
       06 Family Anostomidae Günther, 1864 - toothed headstanders
       07 Family Erythrinidae Valenciennes, 1847 - trahiras
       08 Family Lebiasinidae Gill, 1889 - lebiasinids
       09 Family Gasteropelecidae Bleeker, 1859 - freshwater hatchetfishes
       10 Family Ctenoluciidae Schultz, 1944 - pike characids
       11 Family Cynodontidae Eigenmann, 1903, nom. protect. - sabertoothed characids
       12 Family Characidae Latreille, 1825 - characids