Characinid

/kəˈræsɪnɪd/ noun

Any fish belonging to the family Characidae, the same as a characin.

From Characidae plus the suffix '-id' (also '-ide'), which in zoological naming means a member of a family, parallel to the suffix '-in' used in characin.

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