Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Characoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1825

Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 203.

Alternative positions

Characiformes (Order) Goodrich, 1909	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 29.
Characoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 66; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
Cypriniformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683.
Cyprinoidea (Suborder)

Historical positions

Characoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 66.
Characoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 17.
Characoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1825	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 203-205.
Characiformes (Order) Goodrich, 1909	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Characiformes (Order) Goodrich, 1909	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 29.
Characoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1825	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 156-158.
Characiformes (Order) Goodrich, 1909	Ref: 1998
Characiformes (Order) Goodrich, 1909	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2459.
Characiformes (Order) Goodrich, 1909	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.
Characoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 873.
Cypriniformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	40g;155s; †2g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 31 May 2025	[40g]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 13 Jan 2006	152g;776s
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 29	156g;1126s
1982	R.A. Fritzsche	>100g;700s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	>800s