Citharinoidei

Citharinoidei
Citharinus citharus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Suborder:
Buckup, 1993[1]

Clitharinoidei is a suborder of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Characiformes, the order which includes the characins, tetras and related species. The fishes in this taxon are found in Africa.

Taxonomy

Citharinoidei was first proposed as a suborder in 1993 by the Brazilian ichthyologist Paulo Andreas Buckup to include toe African characiform families. Other authorities classify this taxon as a valid order, the Cithariniformes, first proposed by Juan Marcos Mirande in 2017.[1] Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes treats this taxon as a suborder of the Characiformes.[2]

Families

The suborder comprises 2 families:[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Thomas J. Near; Christine E. Thacker. "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1): 3–302. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101.
  2. ^ a b "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  3. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
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