Definition of Characins. Meaning of Characins. Synonyms of Characins

- These fish vary in length; many are less than 3 cm (1.2 in). The name "characins" is a historical one, but scientists today tend to prefer "characids"...
- allowed early characins to range ****her north than the present day, with African characins colonizing Europe and South American characins colonizing North...
- tetra (Astyanax mexic****), also known as the blind cave fish, blind cave characin or the blind cave tetra, is a freshwater fish in the Characidae family...
- also known as the golden dorado, dorado, river tiger, dourado, or jaw characin is a large, predatory characiform freshwater fish found in central and...
- barracudas in the aquarium trade, although the name is used of other characins, as well. They range from 35 to 400 mm (1.5 in to 1 ft 3.5 in) in length...
- Central American characins of the family Gasteropelecidae. Triportheus, the elongate hatchetfish, small South American freshwater characins of the family...
- bigmouth buffalo. Their closest living relatives are the Characiformes (characins, tetras and their kin), the Gymnotiformes (electric eel and American knifefishes)...
- Bryconalestes longipinnis, the longfin tetra, African long-finned tetra or longfin characin, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae...
- The Ctenoluciidae (meaning "comb light family"), also known as pike-characins, are a small family of freshwater fishes from Panama and South America....
- species reaches ****ual maturity at about two years of age. Like most characins, this species spawns by intermittently releasing and fertilizing eggs...