Definition of Characinidae

1. Noun. Former name of the Characidae.

Exact synonyms: Family Characinidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family

Lexicographical Neighbors of Characinidae

Chaoshan
Chaozhou
Chaparian
Chapel Hill
Chaplin
Chaplinesque
Chapman
Chapman's antshrike
Chapman code
Chapultepec
Char
Chara
Characeae
Characean algae
Characidae
Characinidae (current term)
Charadrii
Charadriidae
Charadriiformes
Charadrius
Charadrius melodus
Charadrius morinellus
Charadrius vociferus
Charales
Charcot
Charcot's arteries
Charcot's disease
Charcot's gait
Charcot's intermittent fever
Charcot's syndrome

Literary usage of Characinidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Cichlidae and Characinidae absent. III. THE SOUTHERN ZONE.—Characterized by absence ol Cyprinidae and scarcity of ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The Gymnotidae, which include the so-called electric eel, are closely related to the Characinidae, and occur only in South America. The largest families are ..."

3. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"... and Characinidae are abundant in tropical America and in Africa, a few species of Cichlidae being also found in India. There is no known means by which ..."

4. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1903)
"The articulations in the Characinidae are, however, not exactly similar to those in Scomber, and the ethmoid of the former fishes is said by ..."

5. Spolia Zeylanica by Colombo Museum, National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"... the Characinidae, which is not represented in Ceylon. Thej were filled with numerous transparent ova, 2J mm. in diameter ; on hatching, ..."

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