characin
Noun
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Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae (synset 102586198)
is a type of: cypriniform fish - a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformessubtypes:
- tetra - brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
- cardinal tetra, paracheirodon axelrodi - small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia
- caribe, pirana, piranha - small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
belongs to: characidae, family characidae - tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central Americasame as: characid, characin fish
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