n = 28
| Scientific Name | Author | Valid Name | Family | English Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charax apurensis | Lucena, 1987 | Charax apurensis | Characidae | |
| Charax atratoensis | Eigenmann, 1907 | Cynopotamus atratoensis | Characidae | |
| Charax awa | Guimarães, Brito, Ferreira & Ottoni, 2018 | Charax awa | Characidae | |
| Charax caliurus | Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1907 | Cynopotamus argenteus | Characidae | |
| Charax caudimaculatus | Lucena, 1987 | Charax caudimaculatus | Characidae | |
| Charax cervinus | Lowe, 1838 | Diplodus cervinus | Sparidae | Zebra seabream |
| Charax condei | (Géry & Knöppel, 1976) | Charax condei | Characidae | |
| Charax copei | (Gill, 1870) | Charax tectifer | Characidae | |
| Charax delimai | Menezes & Lucena, 2014 | Charax delimai | Characidae | |
| Charax gibbosus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Charax gibbosus | Characidae | Glass headstander |
| Charax goeldii | Fowler, 1913 | Galeocharax gulo | Characidae | |
| Charax hasemani | Steindachner, 1915 | Roeboides myersii | Characidae | |
| Charax hemigrammus | (Eigenmann, 1912) | Charax hemigrammus | Characidae | |
| Charax leticiae | Lucena, 1987 | Charax leticiae | Characidae | |
| Charax macrolepis | (Kner, 1858) | Charax macrolepis | Characidae | |
| Charax metae | Eigenmann, 1922 | Charax metae | Characidae | |
| Charax michaeli | Lucena, 1989 | Charax michaeli | Characidae | |
| Charax niger | Lucena, 1989 | Charax niger | Characidae | |
| Charax notulatus | Lucena, 1987 | Charax notulatus | Characidae | |
| Charax pauciradiatus | (Günther, 1864) | Charax pauciradiatus | Characidae | |
| Charax planirostris | Gronow, 1854 | Curimata cyprinoides | Curimatidae | |
| Charax puntazzo | (Walbaum, 1792) | Diplodus puntazzo | Sparidae | Sharpsnout seabream |
| Charax puntazzo var. ponticus | Nordmann, 1840 | Diplodus puntazzo | Sparidae | Sharpsnout seabream |
| Charax rupununi | Eigenmann, 1912 | Charax rupununi | Characidae | |
| Charax sardina | Fowler, 1913 | Acestrocephalus sardina | Characidae | |
| Charax stenopterus | (Cope, 1894) | Charax stenopterus | Characidae | |
| Charax tectifer | (Cope, 1870) | Charax tectifer | Characidae | |
| Charax unimaculatus | Lucena, 1989 | Charax unimaculatus | Characidae |