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Galeocharax

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Characiformes

Subfamily
  
Characinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Characidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

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Similar
  
Phenacogaster, Characiformes, Charax, Roeboides, Characinae

Galeocharax is a genus of characins from the Río de la Plata and Amazon basins in South America. They reach up to 30.5 cm (1 ft) in length and mainly feed on other fish, but also take crustaceans and insects.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

  • Galeocharax goeldi (Fowler, 1913)
  • Galeocharax gulo (Cope, 1870)
  • Galeocharax humeralis (Valenciennes, 1834)
  • Galeocharax knerii (Steindachner, 1879)

    • References

    Galeocharax Wikipedia
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