- Characidae, the
characids or characins, is a
family of
freshwater subtropical and
tropical fish
belonging to the
order Characiformes. The name "characins"...
-
Stygichthys typhlops, the
blind tetra or
Brazilian blind characid, is a
species of fish in the
family Characidae and the only
member of the
genus Stygichthys...
- The gl****
bloodfin tetra (Prionobrama filigera), is a
species of
Characid fish
native to the
Amazon River basin of
South America. In the wild this fish...
- The
silvertip tetra (Hasemania nana) is a
species of
characid freshwater fish
omnivores native to
streams and cr****s in the São
Francisco basin in Brazil...
-
Erythrocharax altipinnis is a
species of
characid known only from Pará, Brazil,
where it has been
found in a
small river. This
species grows to 2.62 cm...
- PMID 21085790. Bertaco, V.A. (2014). "Astyanax douradilho, a new
characid fish from the rio Tramandaí system,
southern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae)"...
-
Xenurobrycon polyancistrus is a
species of
characid fish of the
subfamily Glandulocaudinae. A
freshwater fish, it is the
smallest species of
characin in...
- Argentiniformes).
Famous representatives of
these orders are salmon,
characids and catfish. The
function of the
adipose fin is
something of a mystery...
- non-catfish in
caves of the
South American mainland (the
other is the
characid Stygichthys typhlops). In its
lower reaches, the
Tocantins separates the...
-
found that 52% of
their prey
during the late dry
season consisted of
characids,
particularly Triportheus angulatus and
Astyanax sp.,
which are surface-swimming...
