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Heterocheirodon

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Heterocheirodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus are found in South America, in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

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Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Heterocheirodon, and connects out to Characiformes, Animalia and Chordata.

Vinony files it under Cheirodontinae, Fish of South America and Taxa named by Luiz Roberto Malabarba.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCharaciformes
  5. FamilyCharacidae
Habitatfreshwater

Heterocheirodon és un gènere de peixos de la família dels caràcids i de l'ordre dels caraciformes.[2] Contingut 1 Espècies 2 Referències 3 Bibliografia 4 Enllaços externs Espècies Heterocheirodon jacuiensis (Malabarba & Bertaco, 1999)[3] Heterocheirodon yatai (Casciotta, Miquelarena & Protogino, 1992)[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Referències ↑ Malabarba L. R. 1998. Monophyly of the Cheirodontinae, characters and major clades (Ostariophysi: Characidae). Pp. 193-233. A Malabarba et al., 1998. ↑ The Taxonomicon (anglès) ↑ Malabarba, L. R. & de A. Bertaco, V. 1999. Description of a new species of Heterocheirodon Malabarba (Teleostei: Characidae: Cheirodontinae: Cheirodontini), with further comments on the diagnosis of the genus. Comunicações do Museu de Ciências de PUCRS. v. 12: 83-109. ↑ Casciotta, J. R., Miquelarena, A. M. & Protogino, L. 1992. A new species Odontostilbe (Teleostei, Characidae) from the Uruguay Basin, with comments on the diagnostic characters of the genus. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History University of Kansas Núm. 149: 1-16. ↑ AQUATAB.NET ↑ FishBase (anglès) ↑ Catalogue of Life (anglès) ↑ Discover Life (anglès) ↑ Dictionary of Comm

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Family
Characidae
Collections
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Recorded in
Uruguay

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Characidae
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Heterocheirodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus are found in South America, in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

==Species== Heterocheirodon contains the following valid species: Heterocheirodon jacuiensis L. R. Malabarba & Bertaco, 1999 Heterocheirodon yatai (Casciotta, Miquelarena & Protogino, 1992)

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