Characiformes

Translingual thumb Etymology mul Charax iformes Proper noun order class Teleostei now consisting of small freshwater fish, including tetras and piranhas, native to South and Central America Hypernyms order ; Ostariophysi superorder superorder Hyponyms order Acestrorhynchidae family (smallscale pike characin s), Alestidae family (African tetra s), Anostomidae family, Bryconidae family (bryconids), Chalceidae family, Characidae family, Chilodontidae family, Citharinidae family (lutefishes), Crenuchidae family (South American darter s), Ctenoluciidae family (pike-characin s), Curimatidae family (toothless characin s), Cynodontidae family (dogtooth tetra s), Distichodontidae family, Erythrinidae family, Gasteropelecidae family, Hemiodontidae family, Hepsetidae family, Iguanodectidae family, Lebiasinidae family, Parodontidae family, Prochilodontidae family (flannel-mouth characiform s), Serrasalmidae family (piranas), Triportheidae family families References 151956 1 553129 1 Characiformes 1 6896 1 mul Characins