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characids or
characins, is a
family of
freshwater subtropical and
tropical fish
belonging to the
order Characiformes. The name "
characins" is a historical...
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allowed early characins to
range ****her
north than the
present day, with
African characins colonizing Europe and
South American characins colonizing North...
- also
known as the
golden dorado, dorado,
river tiger, dourado, or jaw
characin is a large,
predatory characiform freshwater fish
found in
central and...
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bigmouth buffalo.
Their closest living relatives are the
Characiformes (
characins,
tetras and
their kin), the
Gymnotiformes (electric eel and
American knifefishes)...
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tetra (Astyanax mexic****), also
known as the
blind cave fish,
blind cave
characin or the
blind cave tetra, is a
freshwater fish in the
Characidae family...
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Gymnocorymbus is a
genus of
small characins from the Amazon, Paraguay, Orinoco, Courantyne, Gurupí and Parnaíba
river basins in
South America.
These tetras...
- The
Ctenoluciidae (meaning "comb
light family"), also
known as pike-
characins, are a
small family of
freshwater fishes from
Panama and
South America....
- Cynodontidae, also
known as
dogtooth characins or
vampire tetras, are a
family of predatory,
characiform freshwater fishes from
South America. This group...
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Hydrolycus is a
genus of
large dogtooth characins from
tropical South America,
where found in the
Amazon and
Orinoco basins, as well as
rivers of the...
- The Prochilodontidae, or flannel-mouthed
characins, are a
small family of
freshwater fishes found primarily in the
northern half of
South America, south...
