| Characiformes (Order) |
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| Characidae (Family) |
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| Agoniates (Genus) |
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| Alestes (Genus) |
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| Astyanax (Genus) |
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| Brycon (Genus) |
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| Chalceus Cuvier, 1818 (Genus) |
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| Chalcinopsis Kner, 1863 (Genus) |
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| Creagrutus (Genus) |
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| Glandulocauda Eigenmann, 1911 (Genus) |
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| Hasemania (Genus) |
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| Hemigrammus (Genus) |
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| Hyphessobrycon (Genus) |
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| Jobertina Pellegrin, 1909 (Genus) |
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| Knodus (Genus) |
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| Ladigesia (Genus) |
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| Lütkenia Steindachner, 1876 (Genus) |
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| Microbrycon Eigenmann & Wilson in Eigenmann, Henn & Wilson, 1914 (Genus) |
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| Moenkhausia (Genus) |
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| Myletes (Genus) |
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| Myleus (Genus) |
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| Odontostilbe (Genus) |
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| Oligosarcus Günther, 1864 (Genus) |
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| Ossubtus Jégu, 1992 (Genus) |
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| Petitella Géry & Boutičre, 1964 (Genus) |
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| Pseudochalceus Kner, 1863 (Genus) |
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| Pseudopristella Géry, 1960 (Genus) |
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| Pyrrhulina (Genus) |
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| Serrasalmus (Genus) |
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| Tetragonopterus Bleeker, 1863 (Genus) |
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| Tetragonopterus Cuvier, 1816 (Genus) |
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| Thayeria (Genus) |
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| Tucanoichthys (Genus) |
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| Characidae subfam. Bryconinae (Subfamily) |
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| Characidae subfam. Characidiinae (Subfamily) |
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| Characidae subfam. Cheirodontinae (Subfamily) |
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| Cheirodon Girard, 1855 (Genus) |
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| Characidae subfam. Serrasalminae (Subfamily) |
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| Serrasalmo Duméril 1806, 1806 (Genus) |
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