Ichthyborus

Ichthyborus
Ichthyborus besse (middle and bottom), Nannaethiops unitaeniatus (top left), and Nannocharax niloticus (top right)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Distichodontidae
Genus:	Ichthyborus Günther, 1864 [1]
Type species
Ichthyborus microlepis (a synonym of Characinus besse) Günther, 1864 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Psalidostoma Kner, 1864 Neoborus Boulenger, 1899 Phagoborus Myers, 1924 Gavialocharax Pellegrin, 1927 Onouphrios Whitley, 1951 Ra Whitley, 1931

Ichthyborus is a genus of distichodontid fishes found in tropical Africa. They are piscivores that feed both on (whole) fish and fins of fish. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Species

Ichthyborus contains the following valid species: ^[5]

• Ichthyborus besse (de Joannis, 1835)
• Ichthyborus monodi (Pellegrin, 1927)
• Ichthyborus ornatus (Boulenger, 1899)
• Ichthyborus quadrilineatus (Pellegrin, 1904)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Distichodontidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 5 June 2025.
2. 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
3. Matthes, H. (1961). Feeding Habit of Some Central African Freshwater Fishes. Nature 192: 78–80.
4. Arroyave, J.; M.L.J. Stiassny (2014). DNA barcoding reveals novel insights into pterygophagy and prey selection in distichodontid fishes (Characiformes: Distichodontidae). Ecology and evolution 4(23): 4534–4542. doi : 10.1002/ece3.1321
5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ichthyborus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 5 June 2025.