Bryconidae is a family of

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

es belonging to the order

Characiformes Characiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising the characins and their allies. Grouped in 18 recognized families, more than 2000 different species are described, including the well-known piranha and tetras.; Buckup P.A.: "Relationshi ...

. Genera: * '' Brycon'' Müller & Troschel, 1844 * ''

Chilobrycon ''Chilobrycon deuterodon'' is a species of characin endemic to the Tumbes River on the Pacific slope of northern Peru. It is the only member of the genus ''Chilobrycon''. It can be found in fresh water at pelagic The pelagic zone consis ...

'' Géry & de Rham, 1981 * ''

Henochilus ''Henochilus wheatlandii'' is a species of characin endemic to Brazil where native to the Mucuri and Doce River basins. It is a Critically Endangered species, and now restricted to the Santo Antônio River, a tributary of the Doce River. It is ...

'' Garman, 1890 * ''

Salminus ''Salminus'', popularly known as dorado or dourado, is a genus of relatively large (up to long), predatory freshwater fish from the family Characidae. They are native to large tropical and subtropical rivers in South America, and undertake migr ...

'' Agassiz, 1829

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18515572 Characiformes Ray-finned fish families