Biology:Cheirodon dialepturus

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Cheirodon dialepturus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Cheirodon
Species:
C. dialepturus
Binomial name
Cheirodon dialepturus
Fink & Weitzman, 1974

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

  1. 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