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group to the rest of the characins,
suborder Characoidei. The
oldest characiform is
Santanichthys of the
Early Cretaceous (Albian Age) of Brazil. All...
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tetras (family Alestidae,
formerly spelled Alestiidae) are a
group of
characiform fish
found exclusively in Africa. This
family contains about 18 genera...
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predatory Central and
South American freshwater ray-finned fish of the
characiform family Erythrinidae. The
maximum known length for this
species is about...
- The Citharinidae, the lutefishes, are a
small family of
characiform fish. They are
freshwater fish
native to Africa, and are
sufficiently abundant to...
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Tetra is the
common name of many
small freshwater characiform fishes.
Tetras come from Africa,
Central America, and
South America,...
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Clupeacharax anchoveoides is a
species of
characiform fish
found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Ecuador and Peru. It is the only
member of the
genus Clupeacharax...
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Acestrorhynchus ("needle jaw" ) is a
genus of 14
species of
characiform fish
found only in
fresh water in
South America, the sole
genus in the family...
- dorado,
golden dorado,
river tiger or jaw characin) is a large,
predatory characiform freshwater fish
found in
central and east-central
South America. Despite...
- in the same
direct manner as the
other median fins. The
other is the
characiform-type way,
where the
adipose fin
develops late
after the larval-fin fold...
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Triportheidae is a
family of
characiform fishes,
including about 23 species. This
family was
raised from the
status of a
subfamily to
family based on...
