Characiphysae
1,689 of 5,879 species (29%) have genetic data.
Contents
| Taxon | Rank | Sampled / total | Sampling | Mean λDR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siluriformes | Order | 1,160 / 3,617 | 0.20 | |
| Characiformes | Order | 485 / 2,056 | 0.16 | |
| Gymnotiformes | Order | 44 / 206 | 0.14 |
Species
Largest genera
Sampled species out of the total in each genus:
- Corydoras 118/159
- Trichomycterus 16/158
- Astyanax 25/140
- Hypostomus 25/139
- Hyphessobrycon 9/131
Familiar species
Well-known and model species in Characiphysae. Species with genetic data are in bold.
- Astyanax mexicanus (Mexican tetra)
- Electrophorus electricus (electric eel)
- Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish)
- Paracheirodon innesi (neon tetra)
- Pygocentrus nattereri (red-bellied piranha)
All species
Characiphysae has too many species to list on this page. The full list is available as a CSV file, or browse the taxa listed under Contents.
Gene coverage
Share of the 1,689 sampled species with data for each gene
| Gene | Species with data | % of sampled species |
|---|---|---|
| cytb | 1,047 | 62% |
| 16s | 932 | 55% |
| coi | 928 | 55% |
| rag2 | 841 | 50% |
| rag1 | 586 | 35% |
| 12s | 519 | 31% |
| myh6 | 390 | 23% |
| nd4 | 217 | 13% |
| sh3px3 | 63 | 4% |
| rhodopsin | 49 | 3% |
| plagl2 | 35 | 2% |
| ptr | 35 | 2% |
| glyt | 24 | 1% |
| nd2 | 17 | 1% |
| sreb2 | 12 | 1% |
| enc1 | 8 | <1% |
| tbr1 | 8 | <1% |
| zic1 | 8 | <1% |
| panx2 | 1 | <1% |
| svep1 | 1 | <1% |
| 4c4 | 0 | 0% |
| ficd | 0 | 0% |
| hoxc6a | 0 | 0% |
| kiaa1239 | 0 | 0% |
| ripk4 | 0 | 0% |
| sidkey | 0 | 0% |
| vcpip | 0 | 0% |
Enclosed taxa
3 orders, 7 suborders, 65 families
- Order
- Characiformes
- Gymnotiformes
- Siluriformes
- Suborder
- Characoidei
- Citharinoidei
- Gymnotoidei
- Sternopygoidei
- Diplomystoidei
- Loricaroidei
- Siluroidei
- Family
- Acestrorhynchidae
- Alestidae
- Anostomidae
- Bryconidae
- Chalceidae
- Characidae
- Chilodontidae
- Crenuchidae
- Ctenoluciidae
- Curimatidae
- Cynodontidae
- Erythrinidae
- Gasteropelecidae
- Hemiodontidae
- Hepsetidae
- Iguanodectidae
- Lebiasinidae
- Parodontidae
- Prochilodontidae
- Serrasalmidae
- Triportheidae
- Citharinidae
- Distichodontidae
- Gymnotidae
- Apteronotidae
- Hypopomidae
- Rhamphichthyidae
- Sternopygidae
- Diplomystidae
- Astroblepidae
- Callichthyidae
- Loricariidae
- Nematogenyidae
- Scoloplacidae
- Trichomycteridae
- Akysidae
- Amblycipitidae
- Amphiliidae
- Anchariidae
- Ariidae
- Aspredinidae
- Auchenipteridae
- Austroglanididae
- Bagridae
- Cetopsidae
- Chacidae
- Clariidae
- Claroteidae
- Cranoglanididae
- Doradidae
- Erethistidae
- Heptapteridae
- Heteropneustidae
- Horabagridae
- Ictaluridae
- Lacantuniidae
- Malapteruridae
- Mochokidae
- Pangasiidae
- Pimelodidae
- Plotosidae
- Pseudopimelodidae
- Schilbeidae
- Siluridae
- Sisoridae
Fossil calibrations
- Total group Characiformes (Characiformes indet.†) 93.9 Ma
- MRCA Sternopygus and Apteronotus (Humboldtichthys kirschbaumi†) 7.246 Ma
- subset Serrasalmidae (Megapiranha paranensis†) 6 Ma
- Total group Lignobrycon (Lignobrycon ligniticus†) 24.5 Ma
- Total group Spintherobolus (Megacheirodon unicus†) 24.5 Ma
- Total group Salminus (Salminus noriegai†) 7.246 Ma
- Crown group Callichthyidae (Corydoras revelatus†) 39.5 Ma
- Total group Loricariidae (Taubateia paraiba†) 24.5 Ma
- Total group Pangasiidae (Cetopangasius chaetobranchus†) 5.333 Ma
- Total group Ictaluridae (Astephus sp.†) 59.36 Ma
- Total group Ameiurus (Ameiurus pectinatus†) 33.97 Ma
- Total group Pylodictis (Pylodictis olivaris†) 16.3 Ma
- Crown Brachyplatystoma (Brachyplatystoma promagdlaena†) 12.8 Ma
- MRCA Chrysichthys (Chrysichthys mahengeensis†) 45 Ma
- Total group Synodontis (Synodontis sp.†) 28.1 Ma
Downloads
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Download Characiphysae data (JSON format)
Species list for Characiphysae (CSV format)
Phylogenies
Sequence data
Phylip sequences for Characiphysae
Nexus file for Characiphysae (includes character partitions and phylogeny)