Odontostilbe

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Odontostilbe
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Odontostilbe
Cope, 1870

Odontostilbe is a genus of characins from tropical Central and South America, with 19 currently recognized species: [1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Odontostilbe in FishBase . February 2024 version.
  2. Chuctaya, J., Ohara, W. M., & Malabarba, L. R. (2020). A new species of Odontostilbe Cope (Characiformes: Cheirodontinae) from rio Madeira basin diagnosed based on morphological and molecular data. Journal of Fish Biology, 97(6), 1701–1712. doi:10.1111/jfb.14533