cypriniform fish - a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes

Characidae, family Characidae - tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America

tetra - brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes

cardinal tetra, Paracheirodon axelrodi - small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Columbia

caribe, pirana, piranha - small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals