Characiformes

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

ORDER

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Characiformes

Name

Homonyms

Characiformes

Common names

Karpelaksordenen in Danish

Leporins in English

leporins in English

piranhas in French

piranhas in English

karpelaksfisker in Norwegian Bokmål

karperzalmachtigen in Dutch

Bibliographic References

1. (09/20/2023 16:40:51) WoRMS Editorial Board (2023). World Register of Marine Species. 2023-09-20.
2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
3. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
5. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
6. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.