characin

Synonyms:

characid, characin fish

Types:

tetra

brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes

Paracheirodon axelrodi, cardinal tetra

small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia

caribe, pirana, piranha

small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals

Type of:

cypriniform fish

a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes