Phago
Sign in to savePhago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes in tropical West and Middle Africa. They grow to 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.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyDistichodontidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- Family
- Distichodontidae
- Collections
- CAS, NRM
- Recorded in
- Nigeria, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Congo Kinshasa, Cameroon, Central African Republic
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- Parent taxon
- Distichodontidae
- Image
- Phago loricatus intermedius boulengeri Boulenger 1909.png
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Phago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes in tropical West and Middle Africa. They grow to 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: Phago boulengeri Schilthuis, 1891 Phago intermedius Boulenger, 1899 Phago loricatus Günther, 1865 (African pike-characin)
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