| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Ammocryptocharax elegans | Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1976 | |
| Ammocryptocharax lateralis | (Eigenmann, 1909) | |
| Ammocryptocharax minutus | Buckup, 1993 | |
| Ammocryptocharax vintonae | (Eigenmann, 1909) | |
| Characidium alipioi | Travassos, 1955 | |
| Characidium amaila | Lujan, Agudelo-Zamora, Taphorn, Booth & López-Fernández, 2013 | |
| Characidium bahiense | Almeida, 1971 | |
| Characidium bimaculatum | Fowler, 1941 | |
| Characidium boavistae | Steindachner, 1915 | |
| Characidium boehlkei | Géry, 1972 | |
| Characidium bolivianum | Pearson, 1924 | |
| Characidium borellii | (Boulenger, 1895) | |
| Characidium brevirostre | Pellegrin, 1909 | |
| Characidium caucanum | Eigenmann, 1912 | |
| Characidium chupa | Schultz, 1944 | |
| Characidium crandellii | Steindachner, 1915 | |
| Characidium declivirostre | Steindachner, 1915 | |
| Characidium deludens | Zanata & Camelier, 2015 | |
| Characidium etheostoma | Cope, 1872 | |
| Characidium etzeli | Zarske & Géry, 2001 | |
| Characidium fasciatum | Reinhardt, 1867 | Darter characin |
| Characidium gomesi | Travassos, 1956 | |
| Characidium grajahuense | Travassos, 1944 | |
| Characidium hasemani | Steindachner, 1915 | |
| Characidium heinianum | Zarske & Géry, 2001 | |
| Characidium heirmostigmata | da Graça & Pavanelli, 2008 | |
| Characidium helmeri | Zanata, Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2015 | |
| Characidium interruptum | Pellegrin, 1909 | |
| Characidium japuhybense | Travassos, 1949 | |
| Characidium kalunga | Melo, Bouquerel, Masumoto, França & Netto-Ferreira, 2021 | |
| Characidium kamakan | Zanata & Camelier, 2015 | |
| Characidium lagosantense | Travassos, 1947 | |
| Characidium lanei | Travassos, 1967 | |
| Characidium laterale | (Boulenger, 1895) | |
| Characidium lauroi | Travassos, 1949 | |
| Characidium litorale | Leitão & Buckup, 2014 | |
| Characidium longum | Taphorn, Montaña & Buckup, 2006 | |
| Characidium macrolepidotum | (Peters, 1868) | |
| Characidium marshi | Breder, 1925 | |
| Characidium mirim | Netto-Ferraira, Birindelli & Buckup, 2013 | |
| Characidium nana | Mendonça & Netto-Ferreira, 2015 | |
| Characidium nupelia | da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008 | |
| Characidium occidentale | Buckup & Reis, 1997 | |
| Characidium oiticicai | Travassos, 1967 | |
| Characidium onca | Melo, Brito Ribeiro & Lima, 2021 | |
| Characidium orientale | Buckup & Reis, 1997 | |
| Characidium papachibe | Peixoto & Wosiacki, 2013 | |
| Characidium pellucidum | Eigenmann, 1909 | |
| Characidium phoxocephalum | Eigenmann, 1912 | |
| Characidium pteroides | Eigenmann, 1909 | |
| Characidium pterostictum | Gomes, 1947 | |
| Characidium purpuratum | Steindachner, 1882 | |
| Characidium rachovii | Regan, 1913 | |
| Characidium roesseli | Géry, 1965 | |
| Characidium samurai | Zanata & Camelier, 2014 | |
| Characidium sanctjohanni | Dahl, 1960 | |
| Characidium satoi | Melo & Oyakawa, 2015 | |
| Characidium schindleri | Zarske & Géry, 2001 | |
| Characidium schubarti | Travassos, 1955 | |
| Characidium serrano | Buckup & Reis, 1997 | |
| Characidium steindachneri | Cope, 1878 | |
| Characidium stigmosum | Melo & Buckup, 2002 | |
| Characidium summum | Zanata & Ohara, 2015 | |
| Characidium tenue | (Cope, 1894) | |
| Characidium timbuiense | Travassos, 1946 | |
| Characidium travassosi | Melo, Buckup & Oyakawa, 2016 | |
| Characidium vestigipinne | Buckup & Hahn, 2000 | |
| Characidium vidali | Travassos, 1967 | |
| Characidium xanthopterum | Silveira, Langeani, da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008 | |
| Characidium xavante | da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008 | |
| Characidium zebra | Eigenmann, 1909 | |
| Crenuchus spilurus | Günther, 1863 | Sailfin tetra |
| Elachocharax geryi | Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1978 | |
| Elachocharax junki | (Géry, 1971) | |
| Elachocharax mitopterus | Weitzman, 1986 | |
| Elachocharax pulcher | Myers, 1927 | |
| Geryichthys sterbai | Zarske, 1997 | |
| Klausewitzia ritae | Géry, 1965 | |
| Leptocharacidium omospilus | Buckup, 1993 | |
| Melanocharacidium auroradiatum | Costa & Vicente, 1994 | |
| Melanocharacidium blennioides | (Eigenmann, 1909) | |
| Melanocharacidium compressum | Buckup, 1993 | |
| Melanocharacidium depressum | Buckup, 1993 | |
| Melanocharacidium dispilomma | Buckup, 1993 | |
| Melanocharacidium melanopteron | Buckup, 1993 | |
| Melanocharacidium nigrum | Buckup, 1993 | |
| Melanocharacidium pectorale | Buckup, 1993 | |
| Melanocharacidium rex | (Böhlke, 1958) | |
| Microcharacidium eleotrioides | (Géry, 1960) | |
| Microcharacidium geryi | Zarske, 1997 | |
| Microcharacidium gnomus | Buckup, 1993 | |
| Microcharacidium weitzmani | Buckup, 1993 | |
| Odontocharacidium aphanes | (Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1977) | Green dwarf tetra |
| Odontocharacidium varii | Queiroz Rodrigues & Netto-Ferreira, 2020 | |
| Poecilocharax bovaliorum | Eigenmann, 1909 | |
| Poecilocharax weitzmani | Géry, 1965 | Black morpho tetra |
| Skiotocharax meizon | Presswell, Weitzman & Bergquist, 2000 |