living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             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
                 Order Cypriniformes Bleeker, 1859 - carps, loaches, minnows, and relatives
                   Suborder Characoidei
                     Family Characidiidae see Subfamily Characidiinae Fowler, 1932
                       1 Genus Klausewitzia Géry, 1965
                       2 Genus Characidium Reinhardt, 1867
                       3 Genus Jobertina Pellégrin, 1909 see Genus Characidium Reinhardt, 1867
                       4 Genus Elachocharax Myers, 1927
                       5 Genus Geislena orth. inval. see Genus Geisleria Géry, 1971