CHARACINS
ALESTIIDAE FAMILY
The Alestiidae or African Tetra family is composed of, among others, the genera Alestes, Arnoldichthys, Brycinus, Hemigrammopetersius, Hydrocynus and Phenacogrammus and are exclusively found in Africa.
Characin
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(kâr´sn), common name for members of the Characidae, a large and diverse family comprising 700 species of freshwater fishes. The characins are related to the carp and the catfish.
Characin Species Profiles
The group of fish commonly known as the Characins is one of the largest and more diverse groups in the freshwater world. Characins range from the small and colorful Neon, to the dangerous and often feared Piranha.
Characins are primary-division freshwater fish, meaning the entire history of their evolution took place in freshwater. In contrast, the ancestors of secondary-division freshwater fish evolved from a marine environment.
1 SL Acestrorhynchus lacustris 27.0 SL Acestrorhynchus maculipinna 7.9 SL Acestrorhynchus microlepis Pike characin 26.0 SL Acestrorhynchus minimus 6.3 SL Acestrorhynchus nasutus 6.9 SL Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro 24.0 SL ...
Characins
Distribution
The Characids can be found in a number of locations including: Amazon Rainforest, North America, South America. Find out more about these places and what else lives there.
Blind cave characin
Class: Osteichthyes
Status: IUCN: Vulnerable; CITES: Not Listed.
Blue dacnis ...
In common with these two families and the Characinidae of Africa and South America, the Gymnotidae possess the peculiar structures called ossicula auditus or Weberian ossicles.
herrings , characins , catfishes , cods , squirrelfishes and porcupinefishes). Sound production is also used in mating (for attraction, arousal, approach or coordination) and communication between shoal mates.
Most-perhaps 80 percent-of the species belong to one of two groups: characins and catfish.
CHARACIFORMES
Includes African tetras, curimatas, trahiras, freshwater hatchetfishes, pike-characids, characins
PIRANHAS ...
Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus) Lepisosteidae, Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) Charachidae, Oscars, Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus), Parrot Cichlid (Cichlasoma psittacum) Cichlidae, Pearl Gourami (Trichogaster leeri), Pearl Tetra, Pike Characin, ...
 See also: Dolphin, Catfish, Coral, Reptile, Shrimp
  
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