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Agoniates
Sign in to saveAgoniates is genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triportheidae, the hatchet characins or keeled characins. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agoniatinae.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Agoniates is referenced by 3 other articles, and connects out to South America, Animalia and Chordata.
It is catalogued under topics including Characiformes genera, Fish of South America and Triportheidae.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyTriportheidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- Family
- Triportheidae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM, TCWC, AUM, ROM, UMMZ
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Brasil, Porto De Moz, Altamira, Anapu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Characidae
- Image
- Agoniates halecinus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Agoniates
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- topic's main category
- Category:Agoniates
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Agoniates is genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triportheidae, the hatchet characins or keeled characins. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agoniatinae.
The genus Lignobrycon is classified in the subfamily Triportheinae by some authorities, but others classify it in this subfamily.
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