family Characidae fa·mi·lyc·haracidae uncommon noun 1. tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America SynonymsCharacidaefamily Characidae Related words Broader terms fish family Parts Cypriniformes Part of characinHemigrammusParacheirodonSerrasalmus WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.
