Belonophago

Belonophago is a small genus of distichodontid freshwater fish found in Middle Africa. They are specialized fin-eaters.[1]

Belonophago
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Characiformes
Family:
Distichodontidae
Genus:
Belonophago

Giltay, 1929

Species

The currently recognized species are:[2]

  • Belonophago hutsebouti Giltay, 1929
  • Belonophago tinanti Poll, 1939

References
  1. 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
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Belonophago in FishBase. October 2018 version.


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