Phago

Phago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes found in tropical West and Middle Africa. They reach up to 17 cm (6.7 in) in total length, are slender in their overall shape and have a beak-like snout with sharp, tricuspid ("three-tipped") teeth.[2][3] They are specialized fin-eaters, but may on occasion also feed on insects and (whole) fish.[3][4]

Phago
P. loricatus, P. intermedius, and P. boulengeri.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Characiformes
Family:
Distichodontidae
Genus:
Phago

Type species
Phago loricatus
Günther, 1865

Species

As of 2017, it consists of the following three species:[2]

References
  1. Günther, Albert (1865). "Description of a new Characinoid genus of fish from West Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 15 (87): 209–210. doi:10.1080/00222936508681788; Pl. 5.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Phago in FishBase. September 2017 version.
  3. OPEFE (2012). Genus Phago. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. 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
  5. Schilthus, L. (1891). "On a Collection of Fishes from the Congo; With Description of Some New Species". Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 2e série. 3 (2): 90.

Further reading
  • Boulenger, G. A. (1901). "Phago". Les poissons du basin du Congo. Bruxelles: État Indépendant du Congo. pp. 177–179; Pl. 8, Fig. 3.
  • Boulenger, George Albert (1909). "Phago". Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 246–249.


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