Characidae

Noun

Meaning

tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America

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Given the current state of flux of the Characidae, a number of other changes will doubtless take place, reassigning once-familiar species to other families. Source: Internet

Retrieved 26 May 2014 The most species rich families are Characidae (tetras and allies), Loricariidae (pleco catfish and allies) and Rivulidae (South American killifish). Source: Internet

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