Fishes
   Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
     Order Characiformes Goodrich, 1909 - characins
       01 Family Citharinidae
       02 Family Alestiidae Hoedeman, 1951, nom. imperf. - African tetras see Family Alestidae Hoedeman, 1951
       03 Family Hepsetidae
       04 Family Hemiodontidae
       05 Family Curimatidae
       06 Family Anostomidae
       07 Family Erythrinidae - trahiras
       08 Family Lebiasinidae
       09 Family Gasteropelecidae - freshwater hatchetfishes
       10 Family Ctenoluciidae - pike-characids
       11 Family Cynodontidae
       12 Family Characidae - characins