characins in English
noun
1
a small and brightly colored freshwater fish native to Africa and tropical America.
Each year since 1960, more than 35 tropical American species of fishes, including catfishes, characins , electric fishes, killifishes, and cichlids, have been newly described and named.
noun
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1. In common with many characins, the lemon tetra possesses an adipose fin.
2. Catfishes are related to the characins, carp, and minnows (order Cypriniformes) and may be placed with them in the superorder Ostariophysi