Characidae
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- FAMILY
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Characiformes
- family
- Characidae
Name
- Synonyms
- Characidiidae
- Homonyms
- Characidae
- Common names
- American Characins in English
- American characins in English
- American characins in English
- Characids in English
- Echde Soimler in language.
- Echte Salmler in German
- Karperzalmen in Dutch
- Kąsaczowate in Polish
- Lambaris e tetras in Portuguese
- Mažieji lašišakarpiai in Lithuanian
- Pontylazacfélék in Hungarian
- carácidos in Spanish
- carácidos in Spanish
- characins in English
- characins in English
- characins in French
- charicidés in French
- charicidés in French
- karpelaksfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
- tetras in English
- tetras in English
- tetrat in Finnish
- tétras in French
- tétras in French
- Ægte amerikanske tetraer in Danish
- Американские тетры in Russian
- Хараксовые in Russian
- Харациновые in Russian
- Харацинові in Ukrainian
- วงศ์ ปลาคาราซิด in Thai
- วงศ์ปลาคาราซิน in Thai
- カラシン科 in Japanese
- karpelaksfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
- characins in English
Bibliographic References
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
- FishBase
- Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
- Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
- Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
- Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
- Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
- Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
- Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.