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Class: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Crenuchidae South American darters
Subfamily: Characidiinae
Genus: Characidium

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67 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Characidium alipioi South America 6.4 SL 1955
Characidium amaila South America 8.6 SL 2013
Characidium bahiense South America 2.6 SL 1971
Characidium bimaculatum South America 6.7 SL 1941
Characidium boavistae South America 5.3 SL 1915
Characidium boehlkei South America 7.0 SL 1972
Characidium bolivianum South America 5.3 SL 1924
Characidium borellii South America 6.6 SL 1895
Characidium brevirostre South America 3.3 SL 1909
Characidium caucanum South America 7.7 SL 1912
Characidium chupa South America 8.2 SL 1944
Characidium crandellii South America 6.4 SL 1915
Characidium declivirostre South America 8.0 SL 1915
Characidium deludens South America 4.8 SL 2015
Characidium etheostoma South America 4.2 SL 1872
Characidium etzeli South America 5.6 SL 2001
Characidium fasciatum Darter characin South America 6.7 SL 1867
Characidium gomesi South America 6.5 SL 1956
Characidium grajahuense South America 8.8 1944
Characidium hasemani South America 6.8 SL 1915
Characidium heinianum South America 5 SL 2001
Characidium heirmostigmata South America 5.4 SL 2008
Characidium helmeri South America 4.0 SL 2015
Characidium interruptum South America 5.3 SL 1909
Characidium japuhybense South America 5.5 SL 1949
Characidium kalunga South America 4.9 SL 2021
Characidium kamakan South America 5.5 SL 2015
Characidium lagosantense South America 4.1 SL 1947
Characidium lanei South America 6.5 SL 1967
Characidium laterale South America 3.5 SL 1895
Characidium lauroi South America 7.1 SL 1949
Characidium litorale South America 4.5 SL 2014
Characidium longum South America 3.1 SL 2006
Characidium macrolepidotum South America 6.1 SL 1868
Characidium marshi Central America 4.4 SL 1925
Characidium mirim South America 2.3 SL 2013
Characidium nana South America 2.5 SL 2015
Characidium nupelia South America 3.2 SL 2008
Characidium occidentale South America 4.8 SL 1997
Characidium oiticicai South America 6.8 SL 1967
Characidium onca South America 4.4 SL 2021
Characidium orientale South America 5.7 SL 1997
Characidium papachibe South America 2.7 SL 2013
Characidium pellucidum South America 3.4 SL 1909
Characidium phoxocephalum South America 9.8 SL 1912
Characidium pteroides South America 2.8 SL 1909
Characidium pterostictum South America 8.7 SL 1947
Characidium purpuratum South America 5.3 SL 1882
Characidium rachovii South America 4.5 SL 1913
Characidium roesseli South America 3.1 SL 1965
Characidium samurai Sout America 4.7 SL 2014
Characidium sanctjohanni South America 4.7 SL 1960
Characidium satoi South America 4.4 SL 2015
Characidium schindleri South America 6.7 SL 2001
Characidium schubarti South America 51.3 SL 1955
Characidium serrano South America 5.4 SL 1997
Characidium steindachneri South America 4.1 SL 1878
Characidium stigmosum South America 4.3 SL 2002
Characidium summum South America 4.2 SL 2015
Characidium tenue South America 5.6 SL 1894
Characidium timbuiense South America 5.7 SL 1946
Characidium travassosi South America 5.6 SL 2016
Characidium vestigipinne South America 5.1 SL 2000
Characidium vidali South America 6.4 SL 1967
Characidium xanthopterum South America 4.7 SL 2008
Characidium xavante South America 2.8 SL 2008
Characidium zebra South America 7.4 SL 1909



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