Phago
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| P. loricatus, P. intermedius, and P. boulengeri. | |
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| Genus: | Phago |
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| Phago loricatus Günther, 1865
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Phago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes found in tropical West and Middle Africa. They reach up to 17 cm (6.7 in) in total length, are slender in their overall shape and have a beak-like snout with sharp, tricuspid ("three-tipped") teeth.[2][3] They are specialized fin-eaters, but may on occasion also feed on insects and (whole) fish.[3][4]
Species
As of 2017[update], it consists of the following three species:[2]
- Phago boulengeri Schilthuis, 1891[5]
- Phago intermedius Boulenger, 1899
- Phago loricatus Günther, 1865[1] (African pike-characin)
References
- ^ a b Günther, Albert (1865). "Description of a new Characinoid genus of fish from West Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 15 (87): 209–210. doi:10.1080/00222936508681788; Pl. 5.
{{cite journal}}: External link in|postscript= - ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Phago". FishBase. September 2017 version.
- ^ a b OPEFE (2012). Genus Phago. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ Lavoué, S.; M.E.Arnegard; D.L. Rabosky; P.B. McIntyre; D. Arcila; R.P. Vari; M. Nishida (2017). Trophic evolution in African citharinoid fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) and the origin of intraordinal pterygophagy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 113: 23-32. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.001
- ^ Schilthus, L. (1891). "On a Collection of Fishes from the Congo; With Description of Some New Species". Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 2e série. 3 (2): 90.
Further reading
- Boulenger, G. A. (1901). "Phago". Les poissons du basin du Congo. Bruxelles: État Indépendant du Congo. pp. 177–179; Pl. 8, Fig. 3.
{{cite book}}: External link in|postscript= - Boulenger, George Albert (1909). "Phago". Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 246–249.
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