Characidae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Characidae \Characidae\ n.
     a natural family of tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and
     southern and central America.
  
     Syn: family {Characidae}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Characidae
       n : tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and
           Central America [syn: {family Characidae}]