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Characidium
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. 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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 87 known species
Zebra Darter
speciesCharacidium zebra
Rachov's Darter
speciesCharacidium rachovii
Darter characin
speciesCharacidium fasciatum
South American Mud Darter
speciesCharacidium steindachneri
Characidium laterale
speciesCharacidium laterale
Twospots Darter
speciesCharacidium bimaculatum
Characidium gomesi
speciesCharacidium gomesi
Peruvian Darter
speciesCharacidium etheostoma
Characidium cricarense
speciesCharacidium cricarense
Rollizo Darter
speciesCharacidium phoxocephalum
Marsh's Darter
speciesCharacidium marshi
Vidal's Darter
speciesCharacidium vidali
Darkfin Darter
speciesCharacidium pterostictum
Characidium cacah
speciesCharacidium cacah
Kalunga Darter
speciesCharacidium kalunga
Slender Darter
speciesCharacidium longum
Characidium timbuiense
speciesCharacidium timbuiense
Razorbelly Darter
speciesCharacidium lauroi
Flatfin Darter
speciesCharacidium alipioi
Pixy Darter
speciesCharacidium pellucidum
Barbosa's Darter
speciesCharacidium barbosai
Characidium deludens
speciesCharacidium deludens
Characidium boehlkei
speciesCharacidium boehlkei
Woodskin Darter
speciesCharacidium nambiquara
Grajau Darter
speciesCharacidium grajahuense
Neotropical Darter
speciesCharacidium interruptum
Saint Paul Darter
speciesCharacidium oiticicai
Lizard Darter
speciesCharacidium japuhybense
Characidium purpuratum
speciesCharacidium purpuratum
Characidium kamakan
speciesCharacidium kamakan
Characidium nana
speciesCharacidium nana
Characidium bolivianum
speciesCharacidium bolivianum
Characidium chupa
speciesCharacidium chupa
Characidium helmeri
speciesCharacidium helmeri
Characidium chancoense
speciesCharacidium chancoense
Characidium krenak
speciesCharacidium krenak
Characidium geryi
speciesCharacidium geryi
Characidium sterbai
speciesCharacidium sterbai
Characidium pumarinri
speciesCharacidium pumarinri
Characidium tapuia
speciesCharacidium tapuia
Characidium tatama
speciesCharacidium tatama
Characidium dule
speciesCharacidium dule
Characidium chicoi
speciesCharacidium chicoi
Characidium summum
speciesCharacidium summum
Characidium varii
speciesCharacidium varii
Characidium itarare
speciesCharacidium itarare
Characidium fleurdelis
speciesCharacidium fleurdelis
Characidium caucanum
speciesCharacidium caucanum
Characidium lanei
speciesCharacidium lanei
Characidium brevirostre
speciesCharacidium brevirostre
Characidium pteroides
speciesCharacidium pteroides
Characidium serrano
speciesCharacidium serrano
Characidium orientale
speciesCharacidium orientale
Characidium lagosantense
speciesCharacidium lagosantense
Characidium tenue
speciesCharacidium tenue
Characidium duplicatum
speciesCharacidium duplicatum
Characidium boavistae
speciesCharacidium boavistae
Characidium crandellii
speciesCharacidium crandellii
Characidium declivirostre
speciesCharacidium declivirostre
Characidium hasemani
speciesCharacidium hasemani
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87364.