Biology:Tetracentrum

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Tetracentrum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
(unranked): Ovalentaria
Family: Ambassidae
Genus: Tetracentrum
W. J. Macleay, 1883
Type species
Tetracentrum apogonoides
W. J. Macleay, 1883

Tetracentrum is a genus of fish in the family Ambassidae, the Asiatic glassfishes. They are all native to freshwater in New Guinea.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Tetracentrum apogonoides W. J. Macleay, 1883 (Four-spined glass perchlet)
  • Tetracentrum caudovittatus (Norman, 1935) (Kokoda glass perchlet)
  • Tetracentrum honessi (L. P. Schultz, 1945) (Honess' glass perchlet)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Tetracentrum in FishBase. December 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3753566 entry