Biology:Cheirodon dialepturus
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Short description: Species of fish
| Cheirodon dialepturus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Cheirodon |
| Species: | C. dialepturus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cheirodon dialepturus Fink & Weitzman, 1974
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Cheirodon dialepturus is a species of fish in the family Characidae.[1]
Description
It has an elongate, compressed body. It has 32–34 vertebrae and is of a pale brown colour with a bronze-green shading and some conspicuous black scales at the back.
Distribution
In Pacific drainages from Costa Rica to Panama and Colombia.
See also
References
- ↑ Fink, William L., and Stanley H. Weitzman. The so-called cheirodontin fishes of Central America with descriptions of two new species (Pisces: Characidae). Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5089701 entry
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