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Family	Genus	Species
Acestrorhamphidae	50	976
Acestrorhynchidae	2	27
Alestidae	19	124
Anostomidae	17	205
Bryconidae	3	82
Chalceidae	1	6
Characidae	50	319
Chilodontidae	2	15
Citharinidae	3	19
Crenuchidae	8	146
Ctenoluciidae	2	7
Curimatidae	8	129
Cynodontidae	2	5
Distichodontidae	13	108
Erythrinidae	3	74
Gasteropelecidae	4	25
Hemiodontidae	6	69
Hepsetidae	1	7
Iguanodectidae	3	39
Lebiasinidae	8	46
Lepidarchidae	2	2
Parodontidae	3	173
Prochilodontidae	3	39
Serrasalmidae	17	279
Spintherobolidae	2	5
Stevardiidae	42	524
Tarumaniidae	1	1
Triportheidae	3	25