Paradistichodus
Paradistichodus dimidiatus is a species of distichodontid fish that occurs in the African nations of Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal. It is the only described species in its genus.
| Paradistichodus dimidiatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Distichodontidae |
| Genus: | Paradistichodus Pellegrin, 1922 |
| Species: | P. dimidiatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Paradistichodus dimidiatus (Pellegrin, 1904) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paradistichodus elegans Pellegrin, 1922 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Paradistichodus dimidiatus" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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