Parent taxon: Characoidei according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acestrorhynchidae, Bryconidae, Chalceidae, Characidae, Characoidea, Chilodontidae, Crenuchidae, Crenuchoidea, Ctenoluciidae, Cynodontidae, Erythrinidae, Erythrinoidea, Gasteropelecidae, Hemiodontidae, Hepsetidae, Lebiasinidae, Parodontidae, Prochilodontidae, Serrasalmidae, Triportheidae
Subtaxa: Alestidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (1 collection), Kenya (22)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Uganda (4)
• Pliocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (10), Uganda (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Kenya (1), Tanzania (2), Uganda (16)
• Miocene of Chad (1), Kenya (1), Uganda (3)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1), Tanzania (1)
• Eocene of Libya (4), Namibia (1)
Total: 78 collections including 81 occurrences