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- proper noun A taxonomic
superorder within thesubclass Teleostei — thecarps ,minnows ,characins ,electric eels ,catfish , etc.
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A new genus and species of characid fish from the Amazon basin - the recognition of a relictual lineage of characid fishes (Ostariophysi: Cheirodontinae:
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