After “Wikipedia”, and Javonillo, Malabarba, Weitzman & Burns, 2010, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Cheirodontinae |?-o Spintherobolus | |-- S. ankoseion Weitzman & Malabarba, 1999 | |-- S. broccae Myers, 1925 | |-- S. leptoura Weitzman & Malabarba, 1999 | `-- S. papilliferus Eigenmann, 1911 |--o Prodontocharax | |-- P. alleni Böhlke, 1953 | |-- P. howesi (Fowler, 1940) | `-- P. melanotus Pearson, 1924 `--+--o Cheirodon | |-- C. australe Eigenmann, 1928 | |-- C. galusdae Eigenmann, 1928 | |-- C. ibicuhiensis Eigenmann, 1915 | |-- C. interruptus (Jenyns, 1842) (Uruguay tetra) | |-- C. kiliani Campos, 1982 | `-- C. pisciculus Girard, 1855 `--+-- “Macropsobrycon” uruguayanae Eigenmann, 1915 `--+--o Serrapinnus | |-- S. calliurus (Boulenger, 1900) | |-- S. heterodon (Eigenmann, 1915) | |-- S. kriegi (Schindler, 1937) | |-- S. microdon (Eigenmann, 1915) | |-- S. micropterus (Eigenmann, 1907) | |-- S. notomelas (Eigenmann, 1915) | `-- S. piaba (Lütken, 1875) `--+--o Compsura | |-- C. gorgonae (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1909) | `-- C. heterura Eigenmann, 1915 `--o Odontostilbe |-- O. dialeptura (Fink & Weitzman, 1974) |-- O. dierythrura Fowler, 1940 |-- O. fugitiva Cope, 1870 |-- O. gracilis (Géry, 1960) |-- O. microcephala Eigenmann, 1907 |-- O. mitoptera (Fink & Weitzman, 1974) |-- O. paraguayensis Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 |-- O. pequira (Steindachner, 1882) `-- O. roloffi Géry, 1972
Reference(s):
- Anonymous: 2010: Characidae (visited: 2010-10-25)
–iNet: Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characidae [last updated: 2010-06-10] - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Javonillo, R., Malabarba, L. R., Weitzman, S. H. & Burns, J. R., 2010: Relationships among major lineages of characid fishes (teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes), based on molecular sequence data.
–Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: Vol. 54, pp. 498-511 [doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.026] - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600