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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Class Osteichthyes
....................................Subclass Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes
......................................Infraclass Actinopteri
........................................Superdivision Neopterygii
..........................................Division Halecostomi
............................................Subdivision Teleostei
..............................................Infradivision Elopocephala
................................................Cohort Clupeocephala
..................................................Subcohort Otocephala
....................................................Division Ostariophysi
......................................................Order Cypriniformes
......................................................Order Gonorynchiformes
......................................................Order Gymnotiformes - knifefishes
......................................................Order Siluriformes - catfishes
......................................................(Order Gonorhynchiformes)
......................................................Order Characiformes
........................................................Family Acestrorhynchidae
........................................................Family Alestiidae - African tetras
........................................................Family Anostomidae
........................................................Family Characidae - characins
........................................................Family Chilodontidae
........................................................Family Citharinidae
........................................................Family Ctenoluciidae - pike-characids
........................................................Family Curimatidae
........................................................Family Cynodontidae
........................................................Family Distichodontidae
........................................................Family Erythrinidae - trahiras
........................................................Family Gasteropelecidae - freshwater hatchetfishes
........................................................Family Hemiodontidae
........................................................Family Hepsetidae
........................................................Family Lebiasinidae
........................................................Family Parodontidae
........................................................Family †Salminopsidae
Paleontology
Geologic time
:
Late Cretaceous
-
Present
Ref:
R.L. Mayden, 2008
: 11 Apr 2008
Geography
Geographic region
:
Africa
Geographic region
:
Central America
Geographic region
:
North America
Geographic region
:
South America
Ecology/Habitat
Habitat
:
Freshwater
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012