Thoracocharax
Appearance
Thoracocharax | |
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Thoracocharax securis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Gasteropelecidae |
Genus: | Thoracocharax Fowler, 1907 |
Thoracocharax is a genus of freshwater hatchetfishes found in the Amazon, Orinoco and Paraná basins in South America. These fish live just under the surface of the water.
Species
[edit]FishBase recognizes two species in the genus Thoracocharax:[1]
- Thoracocharax securis (De Filippi, 1853) (Giant hatchetfish)
- Thoracocharax stellatus (Kner, 1858) (Spotfin hatchetfish)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Thoracocharax". FishBase. December 2014 version.
"Thoracocharax Fowler, 1907". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.