Marine characins?

[Deadeye]

I know of tarpon, but just curious if there are any other saltwater characins out there? Would be awesome if there was a tetra out there for reefs, but I’m sure if there was we’d know about it by now.

 

[DebraSpen]

Many characins are small, colourful, lively, and unaggressive and are often kept in aquariums. The tetras are popular pets, as are the bloodfin (Aphyocharax rubripinnis), a red-finned, silvery fish, and Pristella riddlei, a red-tailed characin with black and white in its dorsal and anal fins.

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

I think shad are in the same group as a tarpon. Smelt remind me of saltwater odoe pike or hujeta gar, smelt get pretty big I catch 8-10” ones here and at that size they have nasty teeth I have heard or people catching them up to 18”

 

[robmcd]

Hate to break it to you, but Tarpon are not characins. Neither are shad, or smelt.

 

[Deadeye]

Hate to break it to you, but Tarpon are not characins. Neither are shad, or smelt.

Coulda sworn tarpon were, guess a google search would’ve told me that.
I guess either way the question stands, are there any marine characins or are they strictly freshwater?

 

[robmcd]

Coulda sworn tarpon were, guess a google search would’ve told me that.
I guess either way the question stands, are there any marine characins or are they strictly freshwater?

They are strictly freshwater, according to Wikipedia, and only exist in Central/South America and the African continent.

 

[WOLF2013]

No tetras/characins in saltwater/brackish.
Also no barbs either.

 

[fugupuff]

No tetras/characins in saltwater/brackish.
Also no barbs either.

there are several barbs that live and travel to the ocean. I'll bet anyone $100.00

 

[WOLF2013]

there are several barbs that live and travel to the ocean. I'll bet anyone $100.00

there may be barbs that enter saltwater but generally speaking they would never enter the aquarium hobby

 

[The Masked Shadow]

Coulda sworn tarpon were, guess a google search would’ve told me that.
I guess either way the question stands, are there any marine characins or are they strictly freshwater?

I thought tarpon were saltwater/brackish as well lol