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    Gymnotiformes. The Characiformes form a group known as the Characiphysi with the Siluriformes and Gymnotiformes. The order Characiformes is the sister group...
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    subfamily Serrasalminae within the tetra family, Characidae in order Characiformes. These fish inhabit South American rivers, floodplains, lakes and reservoirs...
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    of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish belonging to the order Characiformes. The name "characins" is an historical one, but scientists today tend...
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    and molecular phylogeny of Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908 (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae). Zootaxa, 3956 (1): 1-28. Innes, W. T. Exotic Aquarium...
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    freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to blackwater and clearwater...
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  • (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits...
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  •   Extinct in the wild (EW): 6 species   Critically endangered (CR): 455 species   Endangered (EN): 643 species   Vulnerable (VU): 1,245 species   Near...
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    a freshwater fish of the characin family (Characidae) of the order Characiformes. It is native to the Paraguay basin of southern Brazil. They are often...
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    freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. It is found in and around Lake Valencia in Venezuela, South America...
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  • (Prochilodontidae, Characiformes). Kritskyia salmini Cepeda, Ceccarelli & Luque, 2011 a parasite of the urinary bladder of Salminus brasiliensis (Characiformes). Kohn...
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