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Tyson belos

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Xenisthmidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Tyson Springer, 1983

Tyson belos (Tyson's wriggler or arrow wriggler) is a species of fish in the monotypic genus Tyson of the Xenisthmidae (wriggler) family. Tyson’s wriggler was discovered in 1983. It moves by wriggling, like other wrigglers. The genus is named for American ichthyologist Tyson R. Roberts; the specific epithet belos is Greek for "arrow".

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Tyson belos Wikipedia