Ichthyoelephas
Sign in to saveIchthyoelephas is a genus of South American freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Prochilodontidae, the bocachicos or flannel-mouthed characiformes.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyProchilodontidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Prochilodontidae
- Collections
- ROM, MPEG
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Brasil
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- Parent taxon
- Prochilodontidae
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- Bocachico tesoro de Babahoyo.JPG
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Ichthyoelephas is a genus of South American freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Prochilodontidae, the bocachicos or flannel-mouthed characiformes.
There are two species in the genus: I. humeralis reaches a length of at least and is found in the Santiago and Guayas river basins in Ecuador, and I. longirostris reaches a length of and is found in the Cauca–Magdalena river basin in Colombia.
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