Table 1 Summary of fish taxa included in this study
From: Can DNA barcoding accurately discriminate megadiverse Neotropical freshwater fish fauna?
| Order | Family | Number of genera | Number of species |
|---|---|---|---|
| Characiformes | Acestrorhynchidae | 1 | 1 |
| Anostomidae | 3 | 13 | |
| Bryconidae | 2 | 4 | |
| Characidae | 25 | 48 | |
| Crenuchidae | 1 | 7 | |
| Curimatidae | 2 | 5 | |
| Cynodontidae | 1 | 1 | |
| Erythrinidae | 3 | 4 | |
| Lebiasinidae | 1 | 1 | |
| Parodontidae | 2 | 4 | |
| Prochilodontidae | 1 | 1 | |
| Serrasalmidae | 3 | 4 | |
| Triportheidae | 1 | 1 | |
| Siluriformes | Auchenipteridae | 3 | 3 |
| Callichthyidae | 6 | 11 | |
| Cetopsidae | 1 | 1 | |
| Clariidae | 1 | 1 | |
| Doradidae | 2 | 2 | |
| Heptapteridae | 8 | 12 | |
| Loricariidae | 20 | 59 | |
| Pimelodidae | 6 | 7 | |
| Pseudopimelodidae | 2 | 3 | |
| Trichomycteridae | 3 | 16 | |
| Perciformes | Cichlidae | 10 | 17 |
| Sciaenidae | 1 | 1 | |
| Gymnotiformes | Gymnotidae | 1 | 5 |
| Hypopomidae | 1 | 1 | |
| Rhamphichthyidae | 2 | 2 | |
| Sternopygidae | 2 | 3 | |
| Rajiformes | Potamotrygonidae | 1 | 2 |
| Pleuronectiformes | Achiridae | 1 | 1 |
| Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | 3 | 5 |
| Rivulidae | 2 | 2 | |
| Clupeiformes | Clupeidae | 1 | 1 |
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | 3 | 4 |
| Synbranchiformes | Synbranchidae | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 127 | 254 |