Citharinoidei

Clitharinoidei is a suborder of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Characiformes, the order which includes the characins, tetras and related species. The fishes in this taxon are found in Africa.

Taxonomy

Citharinoidei was first proposed as a suborder in 1993 by the Brazilian ichthyologist Paulo Andreas Buckup to include toe African characiform families. Other authorities classify this taxon as a valid order, the Cithariniformes, first proposed by Juan Marcos Mirande in 2017. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes treats this taxon as a suborder of the Characiformes.

Families

The suborder comprises 2 families:

Citharinidae Günther, 1864
Distichodontidae Günther, 1864