Category
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Chilodontidae
The Chilodidae, or headstanders, are a small family of freshwater characiform fishes found in northern and central South America. This family is closely related to the family Anostomidae and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Chilodinae, within Anostomidae.
Chilodus punctatus
species of fish
Chilodus
Chilodus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Chilodidae, the headstanders. The fishes in this genus are from South America They live in the Orinoco and Amazon Basins, as well as in various rivers in the Guianas.
Caenotropus
Caenotropus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Chilodidae, the headstanders. The fishes in this genus are found in from South America, where they occur in the Orinoco, Parnaíba, and Amazon Basins, as well as various rivers in the Guianas.