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Caenotropus (Headstander)

Synonyms: Coenotropus; Microdus; Tylobranchus; Tylobronchus

Wikipedia Abstract

Caenotropus is a genus of chilodontid headstanders from South America, found in the Orinoco, Parnaíba, and Amazon Basins, as well as various rivers in the Guianas. The currently described species in this genus are: \n* Caenotropus labyrinthicus (Kner, 1858) \n* Caenotropus maculosus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912) \n* Caenotropus mestomorgmatos Vari, R. M. C. Castro & Raredon, 1995 \n* Caenotropus schizodon Scharcansky & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2007
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Species

Caenotropus labyrinthicus (Onespot headstander)
Caenotropus maculosus (Slender headstander)
Caenotropus mestomorgmatos
Caenotropus schizodon

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0