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Cynopotamus
Cynopotamus is a species of characins from South America, with 12 currently described species:
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species

Cynopotamus magdalenae
speciesCynopotamus magdalenae

Cynopotamus kincaidi
speciesCynopotamus kincaidi

Cynopotamus argenteus
speciesCynopotamus argenteus

Cynopotamus bipunctatus
speciesCynopotamus bipunctatus

Cynopotamus atratoensis
speciesCynopotamus atratoensis

Cynopotamus amazonum
speciesCynopotamus amazonum

Cynopotamus essequibensis
speciesCynopotamus essequibensis
Cynopotamus venezuelae
speciesCynopotamus venezuelae
Cynopotamus gouldingi
speciesCynopotamus gouldingi
Cynopotamus tocantinensis
speciesCynopotamus tocantinensis
Cynopotamus xinguano
speciesCynopotamus xinguano
Cynopotamus juruenae
speciesCynopotamus juruenae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 87800.