Phago
Sign in to savePhago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes in tropical West and Middle Africa. They grow to in total length, are slender in their overall shape and have a beak-like snout. They are specialized fin-eaters which sometimes eat insects and whole fish.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyDistichodontidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Phago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes in tropical West and Middle Africa. They grow to in total length, are slender in their overall shape and have a beak-like snout. They are specialized fin-eaters which sometimes eat insects and whole fish.
==Species== Phago consists of three species: Phago boulengeri Schilthuis, 1891 Phago intermedius Boulenger, 1899 Phago loricatus Günther, 1865 (African pike-characin)
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West Africa
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Chordata
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Central Africa
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taxonomy
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Actinopterygii
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Q82486
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Characiformes
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FishBase
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iNaturalist
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World Register of Marine Species
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Catalogue of Life
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George Albert Boulenger
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Albert Günther
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