Ctenobrycon

Ctenobrycon hauxwellianus

Ctenobrycon is a genus of omnivorous tetras, which occurs widely in South America (Venezuela, Guyana to the Amazon Basin to the Rio Paraguay).

Features

The Ctenobrycon species are hochrückige, laterally strongly flattened fish and are about 8 to 10 inches long. Your mouth is relatively small. The thoracic region of juveniles is covered by comb scales, the sides of roundhouse. With increasing age, the lateral scales convert to comb scales. The lateral line is complete and ends in a long channel on the tail fin. This is unbeschuppt. The dorsal fin is short and unbeschuppt, the anal fin long. The caudal fin is forked. An adipose fin is present.

Ctenobrycon species are fish of the middle water layers. They spawn between water plants and lay up to 2000 eggs.

Outer systematics

Ctenobrycon no subfamily is currently assigned. The genus belongs with four other genera monophyletic clade within a of the Real tetras which is called Astyanax clade.

Species

  • Ctenobrycon alleni ( Eigenmann & McAtee, 1907)
  • Ctenobrycon hauxwellianus ( Cope, 1870)
  • Ctenobrycon oliverai Benine, Lopes & Ron, 2010
  • Taler fish ( Ctenobrycon spilurus ) ( Vallenciennes, 1850)
Taxonomic rank#All ranks Ostariophysi Carl H. Eigenmann Digital Object Identifier
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