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Characidae {family} -
Chordata
;
Actinopterygii
;
Characiformes
;
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Sub-taxa
Subfamilies (15)
Agoniatinae [7]
Aphyocharacinae [200]
Aphyoditeinae [17]
Bryconinae [1358]
Characinae [620]
Cheirodontinae [616]
Clupeacharacinae [6]
Gymnocharacinae [17]
Iguanodectinae [1335]
Pristellinae [4947]
Pseudochalceinae [250]
Rhoadsiinae [640]
Stethaprioninae [288]
Stevardiinae [1150]
Tetragonopterinae [423]
Genera (8)
Astyanacinus [4]
Brittanichthys [5]
Bryconella [1]
Ctenobrycon [69]
Jupiaba [332]
Nematobrycon [6]
Psellogrammus [46]
Stygichthys [5]
Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
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BOLD Stats
Specimen Records:
12,695
Public Records:
5,026
Specimens with Sequences:
9,892
Public Species:
400
Specimens with Barcodes:
9,293
Public BINs:
804
Species:
644
Species With Barcodes:
586
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images representing subtaxa of Characidae
(
Tetragonopterinae
)
Sample ID:
UMSS 11397
License:
Copyright (2011)
License Holder:
F.M. Carvajal-Vallejos, FAUNAGUA
Collection Sites
Collected from 20 countries.
Top 20:
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Brazil
4618
Panama
87
Guatemala
10
Argentina
908
Uruguay
62
Costa Rica
8
Peru
496
South Africa
54
United States
5
Suriname
324
Guyana
46
India
3
Colombia
296
Bolivia
24
North Pacific Ocean
1
Venezuela
95
Mexico
17
Central African Republic
1
French Guiana
89
Nicaragua
12
![(Agoniatinae - 648_TOC) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution (by) (2023) Unspecified Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA)](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TOCAN/648_TOC%2B1619382870.JPG "(Agoniatinae - 648_TOC) {} [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution (by) (2023)")
![(Aphyocharacinae - LAR281) @14 [ ] Copyright LAR-IBR Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LARI/LAR281_%5B1%5D%2B1366723722.JPG "(Aphyocharacinae - LAR281) {} [ ] Copyright")
![(Bryconinae - UNMDP T 567) @15 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FARGB/UNMDP_DI_0567%2B1305862258.jpg "(Bryconinae - UNMDP T 567) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Characinae - LAR321) @15 [ ] Copyright LAR-IBR Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LARI/LAR321_%5B2%5D%2B1366322480.JPG "(Characinae - LAR321) {} [ ] Copyright")
![(Cheirodontinae - stri-1348) @15 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BSFFA/1348%2B1395416420.jpg "(Cheirodontinae - stri-1348) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Ctenobrycon - LSMFF000250) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2020) Katia Milagros Aylas Hernandez Museo de Historia Natural UNMSM](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/YARIF/LSMFF250%2B315550846.JPG "(Ctenobrycon - LSMFF000250) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2020)")
![(Gymnocharacinae - INIBIOMA p96) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) Victor E. Cussac INIBIOMA](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FFPAT/DSC_3307%2B1401454267.JPG "(Gymnocharacinae - INIBIOMA p96) {} [ ] Copyright (2014)")
![(Iguanodectinae - UMSS 11582) @15 [ ] Copyright (2011) F.M. Carvajal-Vallejos FAUNAGUA](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BBF/UMSS_11582_Tri_albus_IMG_0076-L%2B1377270974.JPG "(Iguanodectinae - UMSS 11582) {} [ ] Copyright (2011)")
![(Jupiaba - 1120_TOC) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution (by) (2023) Unspecified Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA)](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TOCAN/1120_TOC%2B1637860900.JPG "(Jupiaba - 1120_TOC) {} [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution (by) (2023)")
![(Nematobrycon - 01_2012_104) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Frederick Hermanus Van der Bank University of Johannesburg](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HVDBM/IMG_6338%2B1336068858.JPG "(Nematobrycon - 01_2012_104) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Pristellinae - LBPV_614_7057) @15 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BHYBP/LBPV-7057%2B1351708130.JPG "(Pristellinae - LBPV_614_7057) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Psellogrammus - MACNICT201301) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) E. Fernández MACN](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SALMI/IMG_06%2B1433341140.JPG "(Psellogrammus - MACNICT201301) {} [ ] Copyright (2014)")
![(Pseudochalceinae - OL-0734) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/DSMIS/IMG_3580%2B1326983930.jpg "(Pseudochalceinae - OL-0734) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012)")
![(Rhoadsiinae - stri-2160) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BSFMA/2160a_right%2B1350476108.jpg "(Rhoadsiinae - stri-2160) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Stethaprioninae - UMSS 10729) @14 [ ] Copyright (2011) F.M. Carvajal-Vallejos FAUNAGUA](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BBF/UMSS_10729_Bra_copei_IMG_9315-L%2B1377270914.JPG "(Stethaprioninae - UMSS 10729) {} [ ] Copyright (2011)")
![(Stevardiinae - stri-6465) @15 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BSFFA/6465%2B1374845160.jpg "(Stevardiinae - stri-6465) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Tetragonopterinae - UMSS 11397) @15 [ ] Copyright (2011) F.M. Carvajal-Vallejos FAUNAGUA](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BBF/UMSS_11397_Tet_argenteus_DSC02952-L%2B1377270958.JPG "(Tetragonopterinae - UMSS 11397) {} [ ] Copyright (2011)")
