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Moenkhausia
Sign in to saveMoenkhausia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. They are found in tropical and subtropical South America and are medium-sized tetras, where the largest species only reach around .
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Within Vinony's link graph, Moenkhausia is referenced by 16 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Chordata and Wikidata.
It sits within the topics Characiformes genera, Fish of South America and Freshwater fish genera.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyCharacidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,729
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Characidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, TCWC, CUMV
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Characidae
- Image
- Diamond tetra.JPG
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Moenkhausia
- Commons category
- Moenkhausia
- topic's main category
- Category:Moenkhausia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Moenkhausia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. They are found in tropical and subtropical South America and are medium-sized tetras, where the largest species only reach around .
==Species== Currently, 84 recognized species are placed in this genus:
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