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Heterocharax
Sign in to saveHeterocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, the biting tetras and freshwater barracudas. The species in this genus are found in South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyAcestrorhynchidae
Heterocharax es un género de peces de la familia de Acestrorhynchidae y de la orden de los Characiformes.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- Family
- Acestrorhynchidae
- Collections
- MCZ, AUM, ROM, FMNH, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MPEG
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Peru, Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brasil, Colombia
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- Parent taxon
- Characidae
- Image
- Heterocharax.jpg
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- Heterocharax
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- Category:Heterocharax
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Heterocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, the biting tetras and freshwater barracudas. The species in this genus are found in South America.
==Species== Heterocharax contains the following species: Heterocharax leptogrammus Toledo-Piza, 2000 Heterocharax macrolepis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 Heterocharax virgulatus Toledo-Piza, 2000
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