characin fish

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

characin fish - any freshwater fish of the family Characinidaecharacid, characincypriniform fish - a soft-finned fish of the order CypriniformesCharacidae, family Characidae - tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central Americatetra - brightly colored tropical freshwater fishescardinal tetra, Paracheirodon axelrodi - small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombiacaribe, pirana, piranha - small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals