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Definition of Characinidae
1. Noun. Former name of the Characidae.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Characinidae
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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