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Characidae

Known as: Characin, Characins, Characids 
A family of fresh water fish in the order CHARACIFORMES, which includes the Tetras.
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2006
2006
Fish-assemblage variation between geologically defined regions and across a longitudinal gradient in the Monkey River Basin, Belize
Abstract Linkages between geology and fish assemblages have been inferred in many regions throughout the world, but no studies… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Spatial and seasonal changes in the diet of Oligosarcus hepsetus (Characiformes, Characidae) in a Brazilian reservoir.
We assessed spatial and seasonal changes in the diet of Oligosarcus hepsetus in order to describe the strategy developed by this… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Accentuated polymorphism of heterochromatin and nucleolar organizer regions in Astyanax scabripinnis (Pisces, Characidae): tools for understanding karyotypic evolution
Astyanax scabripinnis has been considered a species complex because it presents high karyotypic and morphological variability… 
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
An uncommon condition for a sex chromosome system in Characidae fish. Distribution and differentiation of the ZZ/ZW system in Triportheus
Triportheus is a neotropical freshwater Characidae fish that has a well-differentiated ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system. The W… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Ecology and Status of Piscivores in Guri, an Oligotrophic Tropical Reservoir
Abstract Guri Reservoir in Venezuela supports sport fisheries for two cichlid species (pavon venado or speckled pavon Cichla… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
A highly differentiated ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system in a Characidae fish, Triportheus guentheri.
Seventeen specimens of Triportheus guentheri, a fish of the family Characidae, were submitted to chromosomal analysis, with a… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Phylogenetic changes in the connections of the lateral preglomerular nucleus in ostariophysan teleosts: a pluralistic view of brain evolution.
The connections of the lateral preglomerular nucleus were examined with the fluorescent tracer DiI in a cyprinid, a characin, a… 
1990
1990
Isolation, DNA sequence and evolution of a color visual pigment gene of the blind cave fish Astyanax fasc1atus
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
GENETIC INTERPRETATION OF REGRESSIVE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES: STUDIES ON HYBRID EYES OF TWO ASTYANAX CAVE POPULATIONS (CHARACIDAE, PISCES)
  • Horst Wlikens
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1971
  • Corpus ID: 27806456
In a series of central Mexican limeormes, the extremely ubiquitous Astyanax stone caves several populations of cavermexicanus… 
1964
1964
Osteology and Relationships of South American Characid Fishes of Subfamilies Lebiasininae and Erythrininae with Special Reference to Subtribe Nannostomina
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