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| Characidium | |
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| Characidium fasciatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Crenuchidae |
| Genus: | Characidium J. T. Reinhardt, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Characidium fasciatum J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
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| Synonyms | |
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Chorimycterus Cope, 1894 | |
Characidium is a genus of fish in the family Crenuchidae (South American darters). They are mainly found in South America, but C. marshi is from Panama.[1] They are small (less than 10 cm or 4 in long), slender fish that live on the bottom in flowing fresh waters and feed on small animals such as insects.[2]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Characidium". FishBase. September 2017 version.
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