Clupeocharax
Sign in to saveClupeocharax is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. The only species in the genus is Clupeocharax schoutedeni a fish that is endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyAlestidae
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Clupeocharax is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. The only species in the genus is Clupeocharax schoutedeni a fish that is endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
==Taxonomy== Clupeocharax was first proposed as a genus in 1926 by the French ichthyologist Jacques Pellegrin when he described its only species, Clupeocharax schoutedeni. The type locality of C. schoutedeni was given as Tondu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This taxon is classified within the African tetra family, Alestidae, in the order Characiformes.
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