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The Chilodontidae, or headstanders, are a small family of freshwater characiform fishes found in northern and central South America. This family is closely related to the family Anostomidae and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Chilodontinae, within Anostomidae. Due to issues of homonymy with two other family-rank names called "Chilodontidae", it has been proposed that the fish family retain the spelling, and the other families will be either suppressed or renamed.[1]
| Chilodontidae | |
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| Chilodus sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Suborder: | Anostomoidea |
| Family: | Chilodontidae C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 |
| Genera | |
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Chilodontids have colourful markings, making them popular in aquariums. They are small fish, all less than 7 cm (2.8 in) in adult length, and are distinguished by their habitual head-down postures.[2]
Genera
This family currently contains two genera:[3]
- Genus Caenotropus (4 species)
- Genus Chilodus (4 species)
References
- ICZN Case 3555
- Weitzman, S.H. & Vari R.P. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Chilodontidae" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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Chilodontidae es una familia de peces incluida en el orden Characiformes, con especies ampliamente distribuidas por ríos de Sudamérica al este de la cordillera de los Andes, tanto en la cuenca del río Amazonas como en la del río Orinoco, ríos de las Guayanas y el río Paraíba do Sul.[1] Su nombre procede del griego cheilos ‘labios’, y odous ‘dientes’.[2]Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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