Template:Taxonomy/Characoidea

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Ancestral taxa
Domain:	Eukaryota	/displayed	[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Amorphea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Obazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Opisthokonta		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Holozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Filozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Choanozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Kingdom:	Animalia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Bilateria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Nephrozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superphylum:	Deuterostomia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Phylum:	Chordata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Olfactores		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subphylum:	Vertebrata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Infraphylum:	Gnathostomata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Eugnathostomata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Teleostomi		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Osteichthyes		[Taxonomy; edit]
Class:	Actinopterygii		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Actinopteri		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subclass:	Neopterygii		[Taxonomy; edit]
Infraclass:	Teleosteomorpha		[Taxonomy; edit]
Division:	Teleostei		[Taxonomy; edit]
Supercohort:	Teleocephala		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Clupeocephala		[Taxonomy; edit]
Cohort:	Otocephala		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superorder:	Ostariophysi		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Otophysi		[Taxonomy; edit]
Order:	Characiformes		[Taxonomy; edit]
Suborder:	Characoidei		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superfamily:	Characoidea		[Taxonomy; edit]

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Parent:	Characoidei [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank:	superfamilia (displays as Superfamily)
Link:	Characoidea
Extinct:	no
Always displayed:	no
Taxonomic references:	Betancur-R., Ricardo; Arcila, Dahiana; Vari, Richard P.; Hughes, Lily C.; Oliveira, Claudio; Sabaj, Mark H.; Ortí, Guillermo (2019-02-01). "Phylogenomic incongruence, hypothesis testing, and taxonomic sampling: The monophyly of characiform fishes*". Evolution. 73 (2): 329–345. doi:10.1111/evo.13649. ISSN 0014-3820.
Parent's taxonomic references:	Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-04-28.