Characins

The Characins are a huge group of fish that includes the popular tetras, silver dollars (sometimes referred to as "Disc Characins" because of their shape), the predatory Piranhas and oddball characins like the Wolf Fish. The vast majority of characins in the hobby come from South America, and a few from Africa.

Acestrorhynchus falcatus	Freshwater barracuda
Chalceus macrolepidotus	Pink-Tailed Chalceus
Colossoma macropomum	Pacu
Ctenolucius hujeta	Pike characin/slant nosed gar
Gasteropelecus sternicla	Common hatchet
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi	Black Widow tetra
Hemigrammus bleheri	Rummy-nosed tetra
Hemigrammus caudovittatus	Buenos Aires tetra
Hemigrammus erythrozonus	Glowlight tetra
Hoplias malabaricus	Wolf fish / Tiger Fish
Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma	Bleeding Heart tetra
Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi	Black Neon tetra
Hyphessobrycon serpae	Serpae tetra
Metynnis hypsauchen	Silver dollar
Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae	Red Eye tetra
Nannostomus marginatus	Dwarf Pencilfish
Paracheirodon axelrodi	Cardinal tetra
Paracheirodon innesi	Neon tetra
Piaractus brachypomus	Red Pacu
Pygocentrus (Serrasalmus) nattereri	Red-Bellied Piranha
Semaprochilodus taeniurus	Silver prochilodus
Serrasalmus rhombeus (niger)	White/Black Piranha