Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
     Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
         Clupeocephala
           Cohort Otomorpha E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010
             Subcohort Ostariophysi Sagemehl, 1885
               Section Otophysa (Rosen & Greenwood, 1970)
                 Superorder Characiphysae (Fink & Fink, 1981)
                   Order Characiformes Goodrich, 1909 - characins
                     1 Suborder Citharinoidei Buckup, 1998
                     2 Suborder Characoidei