Odaxothrissa
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Odaxothrissa, the fangtooth pellonulines, is a genus of fresh-water fish in the family Dorosomatidae. All the extant species in this genus are found in tropical Africa.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderClupeiformes
- FamilyClupeidae
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- Family
- Clupeidae
- Collections
- NRM
- Recorded in
- Congo Kinshasa, Central African Republic
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- Parent taxon
- Pellonulinae
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- Odaxothrissa losera - Royal Museum for Central Africa - DSC06849.JPG
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Odaxothrissa, the fangtooth pellonulines, is a genus of fresh-water fish in the family Dorosomatidae. All the extant species in this genus are found in tropical Africa.
==Species== Odaxothrissa contains the following species: Odaxothrissa ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 (Ansorge fangtooth pellonuline) Odaxothrissa losera Boulenger, 1899 (Losera fangtooth pellonuline) Odaxothrissa mento (Regan, 1917) (Nigerian fangtooth pellonuline) Odaxothrissa vittata Regan 1917 (Regan's fangtooth pellonuline)
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