We found 2 definitions of characidae from 2 different sources.
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characidae - tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America | ||
family Characidae | ||
fish family any of various families of fish | ||
cypriniformes, order cypriniformes an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi | ||
characid, characin, characin fish any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | ||
genus hemigrammus, hemigrammus tetras | ||
genus paracheirodon, paracheirodon a genus of Characidae |