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Definition of Family Characinidae
1. Noun. Former name of the Characidae.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Characinidae
Literary usage of Family 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 edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... for example, restricted to the two areas, with one genus in each, as is also
the family Characinidae. Much the same may be said of the Cichlidae, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"The Neotropical type of Testudinata is quite coincident with the family Characinidae
in relations. It is, like it, largely distributed over the Southern ..."
3. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"The Neotropical type of Testudinata is quite coincident with the family Characinidae
in relations. It is, like it, largely distributed over the Southern ..."
4. My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions by Alfred Russel Wallace (1905)
"... lateristriga) belong to the family Characinidae, a group which abounds in the
fresh waters of tropical America and Africa, where it replaces the carps ..."
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