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Grundulus
Sign in to saveGrundulus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are found in Colombia and Ecuador in South America. A biogeographical analysis in 2010 found they are endemic to coldwater lakes of glacial origin in the northern Andes mountain range.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyCharacidae
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Grundulus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are found in Colombia and Ecuador in South America. A biogeographical analysis in 2010 found they are endemic to coldwater lakes of glacial origin in the northern Andes mountain range.
==Species== There are currently three described species: Grundulus bogotensis (Humboldt, 1821) Grundulus cochae Román-Valencia, Paepke & Pantoja, 2003 Grundulus quitoensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-Calderón & Barriga, 2005
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