Ichthyoelephas

Ichthyoelephas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Prochilodontidae
Genus: Ichthyoelephas
Posada, 1909

Ichthyoelephas is a genus of freshwater fish from the family Prochilodontidae.[1] There are two species in the genus: I. humeralis reaches a length of 24 centimetres (9.4 in) and is found in the Santiago and Guayas river basins in Ecuador,[1] and I. longirostris reaches a length of 80 centimetres (31 in) and is found in the Cauca and Magdalena river basins in Colombia.[1]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Ichthyoelephas in FishBase. October 2011 version.


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