Editing Characiformes (section)

=== Phylogeny ===
Below is a phylogeny of living Characiformes based on Betancur-Rodriguez ''et al.'' 2017<ref>{{cite journal |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=17 |issue=162 |title=Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes |first=Ricardo |last=Betancur-Rodriguez |author2=Edward O. Wiley |author3=Gloria Arratia |author4=Arturo Acero |author5=Nicolas Bailly |author6=Masaki Miya |author7=Guillaume Lecointre |author8=Guillermo Ortí |edition=4 |doi=10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 |year=2017 |page=162 |pmc=5501477 |pmid=28683774 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2017BMCEE..17..162B }}</ref> and Nelson, Grande & Wilson 2016.<ref>{{cite book |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |title=Fishes of the World |first=Joseph S. |last=Nelson |author2=Terry C. Grande |author3=Mark V. H. Wilson |isbn=9781118342336 | edition=5th |year=2016}}</ref>
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|label1=Characiformes
|1={{clade
  |label1=Citharinoidei
  |1={{clade
    |1=[[Distichodontidae]] <small>Günther 1864</small> [[File:Distichodus maculatus.jpg|70 px]]
    |2=[[Citharinidae]] <small>Günther 1864</small> <span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Citharinus citharus.jpg|70 px]]</span>
     }}
  |label2=Characoidei
  |2={{clade
    |label1=Crenuchales
    |1=[[Crenuchidae]] <small>Günther 1864 sensu Froese & Pauly 2001</small>
    |2={{clade
     |label1=Erythrinales
      |1={{clade
        |label1=Alestioidea
        |1={{clade
          |1=[[Hepsetidae]] <small>Hubbs 1939</small> [[File:Hepsetus odoe.jpg|70 px]]
          |2=[[Alestiidae]] <small>Cockerell 1910</small> <span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Hydrocynus vittatus The fishes of the Nile (Pl. XVII) (6961607491).jpg|70 px]]</span>
           }}
        |2={{clade
        |label1=Erythrinoidea
          |1={{clade
            |1=[[Tarumaniidae]] <small>de Pinna et al. 2017</small> 
            |2=[[Erythrinidae]] <small>Valenciennes 1847</small> [[File:Hoplias malabaricus2.jpg|70 px]]
             }}
          |2={{clade
          |label1=Serrasalmoidea
          |label2=Anastomoidea
            |1={{clade
              |1=[[Serrasalmidae]] <small>Bleeker 1859</small> [[File:F de Castelnau-poissonsPl37 (Serrasalmus humeralis).jpg|70 px]]
              |2={{clade
                |1=[[Cynodontidae]] <small>Eigenmann 1903</small> <span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Hydrolycus scomberoides.jpg|70 px]]</span>
                |2=[[Hemiodontidae]] <small>Bleeker 1859</small> <span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Hemiodus amazonum.jpg|70 px]]</span>
                 }}
               }}
            |2={{clade
              |1=[[Parodontidae]] <small>Eigenmann 1910</small>
              |2={{clade
                |1={{clade
                  |1=[[Prochilodontidae]] <small>Eigenmann 1909</small> <span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Prochilodus lineatus d'Orbigny.jpg|70 px]]</span>
                  |2={{clade
                    |1=[[Chilodidae]] <small>Eigenmann 1903</small> 
                    |2=[[Curimatidae]] <small>Gill 1858</small> [[File:Potamorhina latior (white background).jpg|70 px]]
                     }}
                   }}
                |2=[[Anostomidae]] <small>Günther 1864 sensu Nelson 1994</small> [[File:Leporinus fasciatus2.jpg|70 px]]
                 }}
               }}
             }}
           }}
         }}
      |label2=Characales
      |2={{clade
        |label1=Lebiasinoidea
        |1={{clade
          |1=[[Ctenoluciidae]] <small>Schultz 1944</small>
          |2=[[Lebiasinidae]] <small>Gill 1889</small>
           }}
        |2={{clade
         |label1=Chalceoidea
          |1=[[Chalceidae]] <small>Fowler 1958</small>
          |2={{clade
          |label1=Iguanodectoidea
          |label2=Characoidea
            |1={{clade
              |1=[[Iguanodectidae]] <small>Eigenmann 1909</small>
              |2=[[Acestrorhynchidae]] <small>Eigenmann 1912</small>
               }}
            |2={{clade
              |1={{clade
                |1=[[Triportheidae]] <small>Fowler 1940</small> [[File:Triportheus angulatus (white background).jpg|70 px]]
                |2={{clade
                  |1=[[Bryconidae]] <small>Eigenmann 1912</small> <span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Brycon amazonicus de Castelnau.jpg|70 px]]</span>
                  |2=[[Gasteropelecidae]] <small>Bleeker 1859</small> <span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Gasteropelecus maculatus SI.jpg|70 px]]</span>
                   }}
                 }}
              |2=[[Characidae]] <small>Latreille 1825 sensu Buckup 1998</small> <span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Exodon paradoxus Castelnau.jpg|70 px]]</span>
               }}
             }}
           }}
         }}
       }}
     }}
   }}
 }}