After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Crenuchidae (purjetetrat) |--o Crenuchinae (purjetetrat) | |-- Crenuchus spilurus Günther, 1863 (Sailfin tetra; purjetetra) | `--o Poecilocharax | |-- P. bovalii Eigenmann, 1909 | `-- P. weitzmani Géry, 1965 (Black morpho tetra) `--o Characidiinae |--o Ammocryptocharax | |-- A. elegans Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1976 | |-- A. lateralis (Eigenmann, 1909) | |-- A. minutus Buckup, 1993 | `-- A. vintonae (Eigenmann, 1909) |-- Characidium (pohjatetrat) |--o Elachocharax [Geisleria] | |-- E. geryi Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1978 | |-- E. junki (Géry, 1971) | |-- E. mitopterus Weitzman, 1986 | `-- E. pulcher Myers, 1927 |-- Klausewitzia ritae Géry, 1965 |-- Leptocharacidium omospilus Buckup, 1993 |--o Melanocharacidium | |-- M. auroradiatum Costa & Vicente, 1994 | |-- M. blennioides (Eigenmann, 1909) | |-- M. compressus Buckup, 1993 | |-- M. depressum Buckup, 1993 | |-- M. dispilomma Buckup, 1993 | |-- M. melanopteron Buckup, 1993 | |-- M. nigrum Buckup, 1993 | |-- M. pectorale Buckup, 1993 | `-- M. rex (Böhlke, 1958) |--o Microcharacidium [Jobertina] | |-- M. eleotrioides (Géry, 1960) | |-- M. gnomus Buckup, 1993 | `-- M. weitzmani Buckup, 1993 |-- Odontocharacidium aphanes (Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1977) (Green dwarf tetra) `-- Skiotocharax meizon Presswell, Weitzman & Bergquist, 2000
Reference(s):
- Buckup, P. A. & Hahn, L., 2000: Characidium vestigipinne: a new species of Characidiinae (Teleostei, Characiformes) from southern Brazil.
–Copeia: Vol. 100, #1, pp. 150-155 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original publication [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600 - Varjo, M., 2001: Akvaario-opas. [in Finnish]
–AquaGeo & Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy, Jyväskylä, 2001, 1-143