Chalceidae - Tucanfishes
Classification
Family: Chalceidae - Tucanfishes
Order: Characiformes - Characins
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Chalceidae, the tucanfishes, is a family of freshwater fish first described by Henry Weed Fowler in the year 1958. It is a monotypic family, home only to the genus incertae sedis Chalceus.
All members of the family inhabit areas of northern South America, including the Amazon River and various tributaries.