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Crenuchidae

Index Crenuchidae

The Crenuchidae, South American darters, are a family of freshwater fish of the order Characiformes. [1]

29 relations: Actinopterygii, Ammocryptocharax, Animal, Characidae, Characidium, Characidium fasciatum, Characiformes, Chordate, Crenuchus spilurus, Elachocharax, Family (biology), Fish, Fish measurement, Fishes of the World, Fresh water, Genus, Klausewitzia ritae, Leptocharacidium omospilus, List of fish families, Melanocharacidium, Microcharacidium, Odontocharacidium aphanes, Order (biology), Panama, Poecilocharax, Skiotocharax meizon, South America, Species, Undescribed taxon.

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.

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Ammocryptocharax

Ammocryptocharax is a genus of South American darters.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Characidae

Characidae, the characids or characins is a family of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish, belonging to the order Characiformes.

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Characidium

Characidium is a genus of fish in the family Crenuchidae (South American darters).

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Characidium fasciatum

Characidium fasciatum, the darter characin, is a fish in the family Characidae.

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Characiformes

Characiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising the characins and their allies.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Crenuchus spilurus

Crenuchus spilurus, the sailfin tetra, is a species belonging to the South American darter family, Crenuchidae.

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Elachocharax

Elachocharax is a genus of small fish in the Crenuchidae family (South American darters).

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Fish measurement

Fish measurement is the measuring of the length of individual fish and of various parts of their anatomy.

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Fishes of the World

Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson is a standard reference for fish systematics.

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Fresh water

Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Klausewitzia ritae

Klausewitzia ritae is a species of South American darter (family Crenuchidae) found in the upper Amazon River basin at the Peruvian/Brazilian border.

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Leptocharacidium omospilus

Leptocharacidium omospilus is a species of fish in the Crenuchidae family (South American darters).

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List of fish families

This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name.

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Melanocharacidium

Melanocharacidium is a fish genus in the Crenuchidae family (South American darters).

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Microcharacidium

Microcharacidium is a genus of South American darters.

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Odontocharacidium aphanes

Odontocharacidium aphanes, the green dwarf tetra, is a species of South American darter found in the Amazon River basin.

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Order (biology)

In biological classification, the order (ordo) is.

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Panama

Panama (Panamá), officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá), is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

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Poecilocharax

Poecilocharax is a genus of South American darters in the family Crenuchidae from the Amazon, Orinoco and Potaro basins.

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Skiotocharax meizon

Skiotocharax meizon is a species of South American darter endemic to Guyana where it is found in the basins of the Mazaruni and Berbice Rivers.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Undescribed taxon

In taxonomy, an undescribed taxon is a taxon (for example, a species) that has been discovered, but not yet formally described and named.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crenuchidae

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