Cynopotamus
| Cynopotamus | |
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| Cynopotamus argenteus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Characinae |
| Genus: | Cynopotamus Valenciennes, 1850 |
Cynopotamus is a genus of characin fishes from South America, with 12 currently described species:
- Cynopotamus amazonum (Günther, 1868)
- Cynopotamus argenteus (Valenciennes, 1836)
- Cynopotamus atratoensis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
- Cynopotamus bipunctatus Pellegrin, 1909
- Cynopotamus essequibensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Cynopotamus gouldingi Menezes, 1987
- Cynopotamus juruenae Menezes, 1987
- Cynopotamus kincaidi (L. P. Schultz, 1950)
- Cynopotamus magdalenae (Steindachner, 1879)
- Cynopotamus tocantinensis Menezes, 1987
- Cynopotamus venezuelae (L. P. Schultz, 1944)
- Cynopotamus xinguano Menezes, 2007
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cynopotamus". FishBase. October 2011 version.
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