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CharacidaeThe Characidae, characids or characins are a family of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish, belonging to the order Characiformes. The name "characins" is the historical one ...
Payara
The Payara, Hydrolycus scomberoides, (also known as "Dog Tooth Characin", or "Vampire Fish") is a little-known species of gamefish that lives in the Orinoco River in ...
Bryconops
Bryconops is a genus of South American freshwater fish of the family Characidae. commonly known as "saltadores" "jumpers". They usually live clear and acid waters.
Hyphessobrycon
Hyphessobrycon is a genus of freshwater fish in the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. The Hyphessobrycon species are among the fishes known as tetras.
Cheirodon
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Gold tetra
The gold tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi) is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Characidae native to lowland South America where they are abundant in coastal ...
Brycon
Brycon (commonly called matrinx or South American trout) is a genus of fish that are classified in the family Characidae Brycon fish are freshwater fish found in tropical ...
Moenkhausia
Moenkhausia is a genus of tetras in the family Characidae. The diamond tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri) and red eye tetra, which are commonly kept in aquaria, are members of ...
Sharp-snouted Piranha
The Sharp-snouted Piranha (Serrasalmus sanchezi)is a species of fish in subfamily Serrasalminae of the family Characidae. It is endemic to Peru. It is part of the S ...
Astyanax (fish)
Astyanax is a genus of freshwater fish in the characid family (family Characidae) of the order Characiformes. Some of these fish, like many of their relatives, are kept as ...
Pygocentrus
Pygocentrus is a genus of the piranha family Characidae. All are native to tropical South America. It is mainly located in the Amazon, San Francisco and Orinoco rivers.
Myleus rubripinnis
Myleus rubripinnis is a medium to large omnivorious fish of the family Characidae that is found in the Amazon River. It is peaceful and schools often, and can grow to a ...
Jellybean Tetra
The jellybean tetra is a species of fish seldom seen in the aquarium trade. It originates in West Africa and prefers soft, acidic water. Feeding
Ossubtus xinguense
Ossubtus xinguense is a species of serrasalmine characin and is the only species of the genus Ossubtus. It has an unusual downturned mouth that gives the appearance of a beak.
Priocharax
The genus Priocharax is used to group several species of miniature characids. Species. Priocharax ariel (Weitzman & Vari 1987). Priocharax pygmaeus (Weitzman & Vari 1987).
Metynnis argenteus
Silver dollar is a common name given to a number of species of Metynnis, a tropical fish belonging to the Characidae family which is closely related to piranha and pacu.
Flame tail tetra
The flame tail tetra, Aphyocharax erythrurus is a species of tetra - a small freshwater fish. Appearance. The flametail tetra has a grey/silver body, a prominent red tail, and ...
Tambaqui
The tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) is a freshwater fish of the subfamily Serrasalminae, family Characidae. It is also known by the names pacu, black pacu, black-finned ...
Disk tetra
In the aquarium. In an aquarium the disk tetra grows to 40 cm. It prefers a pH of and a temperature of 23C to 27C. Distribution. South America: middle and lower Amazon ...
Hyphessobrycon rosaceus
The Rosy tetra comes from the South American countries of Guyana and Brazil.
Cheirodon galusdae
Cheirodon galusdae is a species of fish in the Characidae family. It is endemic to Chile. Source. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cheirodon galusdae.
Thayeria
The genus Thayeria is used to group several species of tetras, including the blackline penguinfish, Thayeria boehlkei. These fish, among other characteristics, are small ...
Roeboides
The genus Roeboides is used to group several species of tetras, including the headstanders, scale-eaters, and crystal tetra. These fish, among other characteristics, are ...
Brazilian blind characid
The Brazilian blind characid (Stygichthys typhlops) is a species of fish in the Characidae family and the only member of the genus Stygichthys. It is endemic to Minas Gerais ...
Mimagoniates microlepis
Mimagoniates microlepis, also known as the Blue Tetra (a common name shared with Tyttocharax madeirae, Boehlkea fredcochui, and possibly other Characidae as well), the ...
Hyphessobrycon sweglesi
Hyphessobrycon sweglesi is a species of tetra that live in the Orinoco River drainage basin in South America The fish has a round black spot behind the gill-plate, a black band ...
Thayeria boehlkei
Thayeria boehlkei is a species of characin fish endemic to the Amazon river basin and Araguaia river, in Peru and Brazil respectively. The species is popular with aquarium ...
Tetra
Tetra are species of small freshwater fish from Africa, Central America and South America belonging to the biological family Characidae and to its former subfamilies ...
Astyanax jordani
Astyanax jordani is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes, native to Mexico It is called Cave Tetra (which is also used for the A ...
Cheirodon australe
Cheirodon australe is a species of fish in the Characidae family. It is endemic to Chile. Source. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cheirodon australe.
Serrasalminae
Serrasalminae is a subfamily of fish within the family Characidae. The name means "serrated salmon family", which refers to the serrated keel running along the belly of these ...
Red bellied pacu
The red bellied pacu, Colossoma bidens, is a close relative of the piranha, but it lacks sharp teeth and is not aggressive. The pacu, an omnivore, has jaws that are ...
Redeye piranha
Serrasalmus rhombeus (Redeye Piranha, and see below), is a fish of the piranha family Characidae found in South America in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins, the north and ...
Naked characin
Naked characin (Gymnocharacinus bergii) is a species of fish in the Characidae family. It is the only member of the genus Gymnocharacinus. Found only in northern Patagonia ...
Cochu's blue tetra
The Cochu's blue tetra or blue tetra, Boehlkea fredcochui, is a species of characin and the only member of its genus. Its natural range is in the Amazon Basin.
Serrasalmus elongatus
Serrasalmus elongatus is a slender and elongated shaped piranha from the S. humeralis group. It is commonly known as Elongated Piranha or Pike Piranha in reference to its shape.
Charax (genus)
The genus Charax is used to group several species of tetras, including the glass headstander, Charax gibbosus. These fish, among other characteristics, are small ...
Pristobrycon careospinus
Pristobrycon careospinus Fink & Machado-Allison, 1992 is a species of fish of the subfamily Serrasalminae which includes the "caribes" or "piraas".
Bucktooth tetra
The bucktooth tetra (Exodon paradoxus) is the only member of the genus Exodon and is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes.
Pristobrycon calmoni
Pristobrycon calmoni (Steindachner, 1908) is a species of fish of the subfamily Serrasalminae which includes the "caribes" or "piranhas".
Pristobrycon maculipinnis
Pristobrycon maculipinnis Fink & Machado-Allison, 1992 is a species of fish of the subfamily Serrasalminae which includes the "caribes", "palometas caribe" or "piranhas".
Hemigrammus pulcher
Hemigrammus pulcher is a semi-popular aquarium species, also known as the pretty tetra, garnet tetra or black wedge tetra. In they wild, the species is found near Iquitos in ...
Paracheirodon
Paracheirodon is a genus of freshwater fish in the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. The type species is Paracheirodon innesi, the well-known neon tetra ...
Flame tetra
The Flame Tetra (Hyphessobrycon flammeus), also known as the Red Tetra or Tetra of Rio, is a small freshwater fish of the characin family Characidae of order Characiformes.
Brycinus
Brycinus is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Alestiidae. Like other "African characids", they were formerly included in the Characidae but are actually somewhat more ...
Pygopristis
Pygopristis denticulata is a species of piranha. It is a rare South American fish found in the Orinoco River basin, north and eastern Guiana Shield rivers, and tributaries of ...
Glandulocaudinae
Glandulocaudinae is a subfamily of tropical characin fish from Central and South America. In all species of this subfamily, a gland on their caudal fin is found almost ...
Pristobrycon
Pristobrycon is a genus of piranhas. Pristobrycon contains five species. However, this genus is not monophyletic. No single morphological feature has been found that ...