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Psalidodon fasciatus
Species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Psalidodon fasciatus, commonly known as the banded astyanax, is a species of fish widespread in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina.[2] It grows up to 17.1 cm (6.7 in) in length.[3] Formerly thought to be closely related to the Mexican tetra, it is now in the same genus as the Buenos Aires tetra.[4]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Genus: | Psalidodon |
Species: | P. fasciatus |
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Psalidodon fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819) | |
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It is the target species of the scale-eating Deuterodon heterostomus which is a close mimic.[5]