Odontostilbe dialeptura

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Odontostilbe dialeptura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Odontostilbe
Species:
O. dialeptura
Binomial name
Odontostilbe dialeptura
(Fink & Weitzman, 1974)
Synonyms [2]
  • Cheirodon dialepturusFink & Weitzman, 1974
  • Compsura dialeptura(Fink & Weitzman, 1974)

Odontostilbe dialeptura is a species of fish in the family Characidae. [3]

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Description

It has an elongate, compressed body. It has 32–34 vertebrae and is of a pale brown colour with a bronze-green shading and some conspicuous black scales at the back.

Distribution

In Pacific drainages from Costa Rica to Panama and Colombia.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lyons, T.J. (2020). "Odontostilbe dialeptura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T149114854A149122031. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T149114854A149122031.en . Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Odontostilbe". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Fink, William L., and Stanley H. Weitzman. The so-called cheirodontin fishes of Central America with descriptions of two new species (Pisces: Characidae). Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974.


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