Hemiodontidae
| Hemiodontidae | |
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| Hemiodus gracilis | |
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Hemiodontoidea
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Hemiodontidae
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The Hemidontidae are a small family of freshwater characins found in northern South America, south to the Paraná-Paraguay Basin. The larger species are popular food fish.[1]
Hemiodontids have a streamlined body shape; many are fast-swimming, and are able to leap out of the water to escape predators. The adults of all species except Micromischodus sugillatus have no teeth on their lower jaws. Most species have a round spot on the side of the midbody and a stripe along the lower lobe of the caudal fin. The largest hemiodontids are around Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). in length.[1]
Genera
The family has around 29 known species,[2] as well as several undescribed species, in five genera:
References
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- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Hemiodontidae" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7
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