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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Phenagoniates macrolepis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prionobrama filigera (Cope, 1870) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prionobrama paraguayensis (Eigenmann, 1914) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prodontocharax alleni Böhlke, 1953 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prodontocharax howesi (Fowler, 1940) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prodontocharax melanotus Pearson, 1924 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protocheirodon pi (Vari, 1978) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudocheirodon arnoldi (Boulenger, 1909) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudocheirodon terrabae Bussing, 1967 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboexodon geryi Myers, 1960 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboexodon guyanensis (Puyo, 1948) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides affinis (Günther, 1868) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides araguaito Lucena, 2003 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides biserialis (Garman, 1890) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crystal TetraRoeboides bouchellei Fowler, 1923 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides bussingi Matamoros, Chakrabarty, Angulo, Garita-Alvarado & McMahan, 2013 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides carti Lucena, 2000 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides dayi (Steindachner, 1878) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides descalvadensis Fowler, 1932 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides dientonito Schultz, 1944 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides ilseae Bussing, 1986 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides loftini Lucena, 2011 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides margareteae Lucena, 2003 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides microlepis (Reinhardt, 1851) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides myersii Gill, 1870 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides numerosus Lucena, 2000 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides occidentalis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides oligistos Lucena, 2000 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides prognathus (Boulenger, 1895) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides sazimai Lucena, 2007 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roeboides xenodon (Reinhardt, 1851) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saccoderma melanostigma Schultz, 1944 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saccoderma robusta Dahl, 1955 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Schultzites axelrodi Géry, 1964 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scissor macrocephalus Günther, 1864 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrabrycon magoi Vari, 1986 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus aster Malabarba & Jerep, 2014 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus calliurus (Boulenger, 1900) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus gracilis (Géry, 1960) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus heterodon (Eigenmann, 1915) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus kriegi (Schindler, 1937) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus lucindai Jerep & Malabarba, 2014 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus malabarbai Jerep, Dagosta & Ohara, 2018 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus mansoensis Ribeiro, Ferreira & Jerep, 2026 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus microdon (Eigenmann, 1915) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus micropterus (Eigenmann, 1907) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus notomelas (Eigenmann, 1915) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus piaba (Lütken, 1875) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrapinnus potiguar Jerep & Malabarba, 2014 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.