| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Characidium alipioi Travassos, 1955 |
South America | 6.35 | |
| Characidium amaila Lujan, Agudelo-Zamora, Taphorn, Booth & López-Fernández, 2013 |
South America | 8.55 | |
| Characidium bahiense Almeida, 1971 |
South America | 2.6 | |
| Characidium bimaculatum Fowler, 1941 |
South America | 6.7 | |
| Characidium boavistae Steindachner, 1915 |
South America | 5.27 | |
| Characidium boehlkei Géry, 1972 |
South America | 6.99 | |
| Characidium bolivianum Pearson, 1924 |
South America | 5.34 | |
| Characidium borellii (Boulenger, 1895) |
South America | 6.55 | |
| Characidium brevirostre Pellegrin, 1909 |
South America | 3.27 | |
| Characidium caucanum Eigenmann, 1912 |
South America | 7.7 | |
| Characidium chupa Schultz, 1944 |
South America | 8.2 | |
| Characidium crandellii Steindachner, 1915 |
South America | 6.437 | |
| Characidium declivirostre Steindachner, 1915 |
South America | 7.966 | |
| Characidium deludens Zanata & Camelier, 2015 |
South America | 4.83 | |
| Characidium duplicatum Armbruster, Lujan & Bloom, 2021 |
South America | 3.94 | |
| Characidium etheostoma Cope, 1872 |
South America | 4.15 | |
| Characidium etzeli Zarske & Géry, 2001 |
South America | 5.59 | |
| Characidium fasciatum Reinhardt, 1867 |
Darter characin | South America | 6.9 |
| Characidium gomesi Travassos, 1956 |
South America | 6.49 | |
| Characidium grajahuense Travassos, 1944 |
South America | 8.81 | |
| Characidium hasemani Steindachner, 1915 |
South America | 6.76 | |
| Characidium heinianum Zarske & Géry, 2001 |
South America | 5 | |
| Characidium heirmostigmata da Graça & Pavanelli, 2008 |
South America | 5.4 | |
| Characidium helmeri Zanata, Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2015 |
South America | 4.04 | |
| Characidium interruptum Pellegrin, 1909 |
South America | 5.28 | |
| Characidium itarare Stabile, dos Reis, Frota, da Graça & Oliveira, 2024 |
South America | 5.27 | |
| Characidium japuhybense Travassos, 1949 |
South America | 5.54 | |
| Characidium kalunga Melo, Bouquerel, Masumoto, França & Netto-Ferreira, 2021 |
South America | 4.87 | |
| Characidium kamakan Zanata & Camelier, 2015 |
South America | 5.53 | |
| Characidium lagosantense Travassos, 1947 |
South America | 4.13 | |
| Characidium lanei Travassos, 1967 |
South America | 6.52 | |
| Characidium laterale (Boulenger, 1895) |
South America | 3.5 | |
| Characidium lauroi Travassos, 1949 |
South America | 7.12 | |
| Characidium litorale Leitão & Buckup, 2014 |
South America | 4.52 | |
| Characidium longum Taphorn, Montaña & Buckup, 2006 |
South America | 3.1 | |
| Characidium macrolepidotum (Peters, 1868) |
South America | 6.1 | |
| Characidium marshi Breder, 1925 |
Central America | 4.4 | |
| Characidium mirim Netto-Ferraira, Birindelli & Buckup, 2013 |
South America | 2.34 | |
| Characidium nana Mendonça & Netto-Ferreira, 2015 |
South America | 2.53 | |
| Characidium nupelia da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008 |
South America | 3.19 | |
| Characidium occidentale Buckup & Reis, 1997 |
South America | 4.83 | |
| Characidium oiticicai Travassos, 1967 |
South America | 6.75 | |
| Characidium onca Melo, Brito Ribeiro & Lima, 2021 |
South America | 4.41 | |
| Characidium orientale Buckup & Reis, 1997 |
South America | 5.7 | |
| Characidium papachibe Peixoto & Wosiacki, 2013 |
South America | 2.66 | |
| Characidium pellucidum Eigenmann, 1909 |
South America | 3.4 | |
| Characidium phoxocephalum Eigenmann, 1912 |
South America | 9.8 | |
| Characidium pteroides Eigenmann, 1909 |
South America | 2.77 | |
| Characidium pterostictum Gomes, 1947 |
South America | 8.7 | |
| Characidium purpuratum Steindachner, 1882 |
South America | 5.3 | |
| Characidium rachovii Regan, 1913 |
South America | 4.5 | |
| Characidium roesseli Géry, 1965 |
South America | 3.06 | |
| Characidium samurai Zanata & Camelier, 2014 |
Sout America | 4.66 | |
| Characidium sanctjohanni Dahl, 1960 |
South America | 4.65 | |
| Characidium satoi Melo & Oyakawa, 2015 |
South America | 4.43 | |
| Characidium schindleri Zarske & Géry, 2001 |
South America | 6.68 | |
| Characidium schubarti Travassos, 1955 |
South America | 51.3 | |
| Characidium serrano Buckup & Reis, 1997 |
South America | 5.4 | |
| Characidium steindachneri Cope, 1878 |
South America | 4.12 | |
| Characidium stigmosum Melo & Buckup, 2002 |
South America | 4.25 | |
| Characidium summum Zanata & Ohara, 2015 |
South America | 4.23 | |
| Characidium tenue (Cope, 1894) |
South America | 5.6 | |
| Characidium timbuiense Travassos, 1946 |
South America | 5.69 | |
| Characidium travassosi Melo, Buckup & Oyakawa, 2016 |
South America | 5.63 | |
| Characidium vestigipinne Buckup & Hahn, 2000 |
South America | 5.1 | |
| Characidium vidali Travassos, 1967 |
South America | 6.4 | |
| Characidium wangyapoik Armbruster, Lujan & Bloom, 2021 |
South America | 7.36 | |
| Characidium xanthopterum Silveira, Langeani, da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008 |
South America | 4.73 | |
| Characidium xavante da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008 |
South America | 2.82 | |
| Characidium zebra Eigenmann, 1909 |
South America | 7.4 |