Family Characidae (ray-finned fish)
PaleoDB taxon number: 265775
Parent taxon: Characoidei according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Acestrorhynchidae, Alestidae, Bryconidae, Chalceidae, Chilodontidae, Crenuchidae, Ctenoluciidae, Cynodontidae, Erythrinidae, Gasteropelecidae, Hemiodontidae, Hepsetidae, Lebiasinidae, Parodontidae, Prochilodontidae, Serrasalmidae, Triportheidae
Subtaxa: Colossoma, Tetragonopterinae
Ecology: