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• Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata
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• Superclass Gnathostomata
• Class Actinopterygii
• Order Characiformes

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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    Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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      Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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        Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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          Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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            Craniata (craniates)
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              Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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                Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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                  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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                    Class Actinopterygii
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                      Order Characiformes
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                        Family Acestrorhynchidae (Smallscale pike characins)
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                        Family Alestidae (African tetras)
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                        Family Anostomidae (Headstanders)
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                        Family Characidae (Characins)
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                        Family Chilodontidae (Headstanders)
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                        Family Citharinidae (Lutefishes)
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                        Family Crenuchidae (South American darters)
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                        Family Ctenoluciidae (Pike-characids)
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                        Family Curimatidae (Toothless characins)
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                        Family Cynodontidae (Dogtooth characins)
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                        Family Distichodontidae
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                        Family Erythrinidae (Trahiras)
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                        Family Gasteropelecidae (Freshwater hatchetfishes)
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                        Family Hemiodontidae (Halftooths)
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                        Family Hepsetidae (African pikes)
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                        Family Lebiasinidae (Pencilfishes)
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                        Family Parodontidae (Scrapetooths)
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                        Family Prochilodontidae (Flannel-mouth characiforms)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

Disclaimer: The Animal Diversity Web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students. ADW doesn't cover all species in the world, nor does it include all the latest scientific information about organisms we describe. Though we edit our accounts for accuracy, we cannot guarantee all information in those accounts. While ADW staff and contributors provide references to books and websites that we believe are reputable, we cannot necessarily endorse the contents of references beyond our control.

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