Meaning | Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae. |
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Synonyms | characin, characid |
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Member of | Characidae, family Characidae | Tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America |
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Narrower | cardinal tetra, Paracheirodon axelrodi | small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia |
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piranha, pirana, caribe | small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals |
tetra | brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes |
Broader | cypriniform fish | A soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes |
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Spanish | carácido, characid, pez carácido |
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Catalan | caràcid, characid |
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