THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Characidae · Clear filter
165 records · page 1 of 4
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthocharax microlepis Eigenmann, 1912 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrocephalus anomalus (Steindachner, 1880) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrocephalus boehlkei Menezes, 1977 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrocephalus maculosus Menezes, 2006 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrocephalus nigrifasciatus Menezes, 2006 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acinocheirodon melanogramma Malabarba & Weitzman, 1999 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharacidium bolivianum Géry, 1973 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharacidium melandetum (Eigenmann, 1912) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax agassizii (Steindachner, 1882) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax anisitsi Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax brevicaudatus Brito, Guimarães, Carvalho-Costa & Ottoni, 2019 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax dentatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax pusillus Günther, 1868 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax rathbuni Eigenmann, 1907 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocheirodon hemigrammus Eigenmann, 1915 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bryconexodon juruenae Géry, 1980 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Charax condei (Géry & Knöppel, 1976) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Charax delimai Menezes & Lucena, 2014 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Charax gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Charax hemigrammus (Eigenmann, 1912) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Charax stenopterus (Cope, 1894) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Charax tectifer (Cope, 1870) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Charax unimaculatus Lucena, 1989 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon australe Eigenmann, 1928 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon galusdae Eigenmann, 1928 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon ibicuhiensis Eigenmann, 1915 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon jaguaribensis Fowler, 1941 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon kiliani Campos, 1982 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon luelingi Géry, 1964 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon parahybae Eigenmann, 1915 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon pisciculus Girard, 1855 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodontops geayi Schultz, 1944 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Compsura gorgonae (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1909) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynopotamus amazonum (Günther, 1868) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynopotamus atratoensis (Eigenmann, 1907) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynopotamus essequibensis Eigenmann, 1912 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynopotamus juruenae Menezes, 1987 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynopotamus kincaidi (Schultz, 1950) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynopotamus tocantinensis Menezes, 1987 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Exodon paradoxus Müller & Troschel, 1844 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeocharax gulo (Cope, 1870) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeocharax humeralis (Valenciennes, 1834) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeocharax knerii (Steindachner, 1879) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnocharacinus bergii Steindachner, 1903 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heterocheirodon jacuiensis Malabarba & Bertaco, 1999 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heterocheirodon yatai (Casciotta, Miquelarena & Protogino, 1992) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holoshesthes pequira (Steindachner, 1882) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kolpotocheirodon figueiredoi Malabarba, Lima & Weitzman, 2004 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kolpotocheirodon theloura Malabarba & Weitzman, 2000 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leptagoniates steindachneri Boulenger, 1887 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
165 records · page 1 of 4
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.