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Freshwater butterflyfish
Species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Butterflyfish.
The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) is a species of osteoglossiform fish native to freshwater habitats in the Niger and Congo basins of western and central Africa. It is the only extant species in the family Pantodontidae. It is not closely related to saltwater butterflyfishes.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Pantodontidae |
Genus: | Pantodon W. K. H. Peters, 1877 |
Species: | P. buchholzi |
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Pantodon buchholzi W. K. H. Peters, 1877 | |
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