Tembeassu

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Tembeassu
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Apteronotidae
Subfamily: Apteronotinae
Genus: Tembeassu
Triques, 1998 [1]
Type species
Tembeassu marauna
Triques, 1998 [1]

Tembeassu is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Apteronotidae, the ghost knifefishes. The fishes in this genus are found in South America.

Species

Tembeassu contains the following species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Apteronotidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Tembeassu". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 May 2025.