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Anostomus

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Anostomus is a small genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes in the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. This species in this genus are found in South America. They occur in the Orinoco and Amazon Basin, as well as various rivers in the Guianas. Petulanos was until recently included here.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCharaciformes
  5. FamilyAnostomidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded1,414

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
68
With media
4
Family
Anostomidae
Collections
UMMZ, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), USNM, CAS, CUMV, MSUM
Recorded in
Brazil, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Ecuador

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anostomidae
Image
Anostomus anostomus, striped headstander.jpg
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Commons category
Anostomus
taxon name
Anostomus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Anostomus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Anostomus is a small genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes in the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. This species in this genus are found in South America. They occur in the Orinoco and Amazon Basin, as well as various rivers in the Guianas. Petulanos was until recently included here.

==Species== Anostomus contains the following species: Anostomus anostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) (striped anostomus, striped headstander) Anostomus longus Géry, 1961 Anostomus ternetzi Fernández-Yépez, 1949

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