Category:Characiformes

Template:Commons cat The Characiformes are fishes of order Characiformes and are found in South America and Africa.

The best known fish of this order are in the family characidae known as the Characins which include the South American Tetras, however there are many other families within this order:

• Acestrorhynchidae
• Alestiidae - African Tetras
• Anostomidae - Headstanders
• Characidae - Characins
• Chilodontidae
• Citharinidae
• Ctenoluciidae - Pike Characids
• Curimatidae
• Cynodontidae
• Erythrinidae - Trahiras
• Gasteropelecidae - Freshwater hatchetfishes
• Hemiodontidae
• Hepsetidae
• Iguanodectidae
• Lebiasinidae - Pencilfish
• Parodontidae
• Prochilodontidae