TABLE 1 in Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi)

TABLE 1 | Numbers of nominal and valid characiform genera and species and unplaced species-group names by family, through the end of 2022. Fossil taxa included in generic and species totals and also listed separately.
FamilyNominal generaValid generaNominal speciesValid speciesSpecies inquirendaeFossil generaFossil speciesAcestrorhynchidae1483931–––Alestidae37241971312410Anostomidae26161971458–1Bryconidae11492522–2Chalceidae3195–––Characidae2211461,4961,2364223Chilodontidae42108–––Citharinidae431381––Crenuchidae18111241141––Ctenoluciidae62137–––Curimatidae369183121–12Cynodontidae73108–––Distichodontidae3516144109–––Erythrinidae943818811Gasteropelecidae53219–––Hemiodontidae1254734–––Hepsetidae3186–––Iguanodectidae934239–––Lebiasinidae11693741––Parodontidae534532–––Prochilodontidae8348212––Serrasalmidae3018178991211Tarumaniidae1111–––Triportheidae853522–11Characiformes Incertae sedis444444Total taxa5273013,0872,334791425