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Cheirodon
Cheirodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus occur in South America. Of the current species assigned to this genus, one, C. jaguaribensis, is placed here as a convenience, as its actual position in Characidae is unknown, or incertae sedis. Four species from this genus are endemic to southern Chile and are the only living species within the Characiformes found in the southern part of South America, west of the Andes.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Uruguay Tetra
speciesCheirodon interruptus
Cheirodon australis
speciesCheirodon australis
Cheirodon pisciculus
speciesCheirodon pisciculus
Cheirodon galusdae
speciesCheirodon galusdae
Cheirodon kiliani
speciesCheirodon kiliani
Cheirodon jaguaribensis
speciesCheirodon jaguaribensis
Cheirodon stenodon
speciesCheirodon stenodon
Cheirodon ibicuhiensis
speciesCheirodon ibicuhiensis
Cheirodon parahybae
speciesCheirodon parahybae
Cheirodon luelingi
speciesCheirodon luelingi
Cheirodon ortegai
speciesCheirodon ortegai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87386.