Poole, Karen E.
Tetragonopterus
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Tetragonopterus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Characidae. This fishes in this genus are found in South America.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyCharacidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded3,012,139,120
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 386
- With media
- 33
- Family
- Characidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK, AUM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Suriname, Mexico, Bolivia, Paraguay, Venezuela
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Tetragonopterus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Characidae. This fishes in this genus are found in South America.
It is the only genus in the subfamily Tetragonopterinae. The subfamily was originally much larger as previously defined, and contained many of the genera known as "tetras". The name "tetra" derives from this former classification.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tetragonopterus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.