TAXONOMY ATLAS · LEVEL 04

Characidae

Characidae
Genera
49
Species
218

SPECIES INDEX

Species in this family

Browse all 218 published species in Characidae.

218 published species in this family

Characidae

Heterocheirodon jacuiensis

Heterocheirodon jacuiensis
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 4 cm
Scale-Eating Glassfish (Roeboides dientonito)

Characidae

Scale-Eating Glassfish

Roeboides dientonito
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 6.8 cm
triangle glass tetra (Protocheirodon pi)

Characidae

triangle glass tetra

Protocheirodon pi
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 3.1 cm

Characidae

Axelrod's Moenkhausia

Schultzites axelrodi
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 3.4 cm
Schooling Mini Tetra (Serrapinnus calliurus)

Characidae

Schooling Mini Tetra

Serrapinnus calliurus
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 4.4 cm

Characidae

Thrissobrycon pectinifer

Thrissobrycon pectinifer
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 3 cm
Carvalho's Tetra (Tetragonopterus carvalhoi)

Characidae

Carvalho's Tetra

Tetragonopterus carvalhoi
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 6.5 cm
Phenacogaster calverti

Characidae

Phenacogaster calverti

Phenacogaster calverti
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 6 cm

Characidae

Roeboides carti

Roeboides carti
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 8.3 cm
Phenacogaster carteri

Characidae

Phenacogaster carteri

Phenacogaster carteri
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 4 cm

Characidae

Odontostilbe ecuadorensis

Odontostilbe ecuadorensis
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 4.6 cm

Characidae

Cynopotamus gouldingi

Cynopotamus gouldingi
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 16.5 cm
Cheirodontops geayi

Characidae

Cheirodontops geayi

Cheirodontops geayi
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 4 cm
Acestrocephalus anomalus

Characidae

Acestrocephalus anomalus

Acestrocephalus anomalus
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 20 cm
Térraba tetra (Pseudocheirodon terrabae)

Characidae

Térraba tetra

Pseudocheirodon terrabae
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 5.1 cm

Characidae

Charax unimaculatus

Charax unimaculatus
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 8.6 cm
Cynopotamus tocantinensis

Characidae

Cynopotamus tocantinensis

Cynopotamus tocantinensis
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 21 cm
Cynopotamus essequibensis

Characidae

Cynopotamus essequibensis

Cynopotamus essequibensis
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 16 cm
Roeboexodon guyanensis

Characidae

Roeboexodon guyanensis

Roeboexodon guyanensis
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 12 cm
Cheirodon kiliani

Characidae

Cheirodon kiliani

Cheirodon kiliani
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 3 cm

Characidae

Saccoderma robusta

Saccoderma robusta
  • Freshwater
Phenacogaster megalostictus

Characidae

Phenacogaster megalostictus

Phenacogaster megalostictus
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 3.7 cm
Aphyocharax dentatus

Characidae

Aphyocharax dentatus

Aphyocharax dentatus
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 7.2 cm

Characidae

Scissor macrocephalus

Scissor macrocephalus
  • Freshwater