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Noun: family Characidae
  1. Tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America
    - Characidae

Type of: fish family

Part of: Cypriniformes, order Cypriniformes

Nearest

family Certhiidae
family Cervidae
family Cestidae
family Cetorhinidae
family Chaetodontidae
family Chalcidae
family Chalcididae
family Chamaeleonidae
family Chamaeleontidae
family Characeae
family Characidae
family Characinidae
family Charadriidae
family Chelonidae
family Cheloniidae
family Chelydridae
family Chenopodiaceae
family Chermidae
family Chimaeridae
family Chinchillidae
family Chironomidae