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Tyttocharax

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Tyttocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Tyttocharax is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to South America, Animalia and Chordata.

Vinony files it under Fish of South America, Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler and Tyttocharax.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

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

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Specimen records
178
With media
9
Family
Characidae
Collections
ANSP, USNM, FMNH, KU
Recorded in
Maynas, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Characidae
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taxon name
Tyttocharax
taxon rank
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topic's main category
Category:Tyttocharax
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Encyclopedic overview

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Tyttocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.

==Species== There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: Tyttocharax cochui (Ladiges, 1949) Tyttocharax madeirae Fowler, 1913 (Black-edge tetra) Tyttocharax metae Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2012 Tyttocharax tambopatensis S. H. Weitzman & H. Ortega, 1995

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