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Genus of freshwater fishes

Phago
P. loricatus, P. intermedius, and P. boulengeri.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Distichodontidae
Genus: Phago
Günther, 1865
Type species
Phago loricatus
Günther, 1865

Phago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes in tropical West and Middle Africa. They grow to 17 cm (6.7 in) 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:

References

  1. ^ Günther, Albert (1865). "Description of a new Characinoid genus of fish from West Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 15 (87): 209–210. doi:10.1080/00222936508681788; Pl. 5. {{cite journal}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. OPEFE (2012). Genus Phago. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. Lavoué, S.; M.E.Arnegard; D.L. Rabosky; P.B. McIntyre; D. Arcila; R.P. Vari; M. Nishida (2017). Trophic evolution in African citharinoid fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) and the origin of intraordinal pterygophagy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 113: 23-32. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.001
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Phago". FishBase. September 2017 version.
  5. Schilthus, L. (1891). "On a Collection of Fishes from the Congo; With Description of Some New Species". Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 2e série. 3 (2): 90.

Further reading

  • Boulenger, G. A. (1901). "Phago". Les poissons du basin du Congo. Bruxelles: État Indépendant du Congo. pp. 177–179; Pl. 8, Fig. 3. {{cite book}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Boulenger, George Albert (1909). "Phago". Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 246–249.
Taxon identifiers
Phago


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