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Chaetobranchus

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Genus of fishes

Chaetobranchus
C. flavescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Chaetobranchini
Genus: Chaetobranchus
Heckel, 1840
Type species
Chaetobranchus flavescens
Heckel, 1840

Chaetobranchus is a small genus of cichlid fishes from South America where they are native to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin and rivers in the Guianas.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chaetobranchus". FishBase. February 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Chaetobranchus


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