Subfamily Characinae Latreille 1825

Characini Latreille 1825:119 [ref. 31889] (tribe) Charax [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; accepted by Gill 1896e:206 [ref. 1739]; family name sometimes seen as Characinidae based on Characinus, see also Gill 1896b:213 [ref. 1740] & Myers 1949 [ref. 33129]]

Cynopotamini Cockerell 1915b:156 [ref. 33055] (tribe) Cynopotamus

Exodonidi Fowler 1958b:10 [ref. 1470] (tribe) Exodon [stem corrected to Exodont- by Géry 1964b:459 [ref. 1583]]

Roeboididi Fowler 1958b:10 [ref. 1470] (tribe) Roeboides

Stygichthyini Géry 1972b:60 [ref. 1594] (tribe) Stygichthys

Phenacogasterini Mattox & Toledo-Piza 2012:883 [ref. 32651] (tribe) Phenacogaster [correct stem would be Phenacogastr-]