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Tometes
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Tometes

Tometes is a genus of fish in the family Serrasalmidae found in fast-flowing rivers in northern South America. Adults of all seven species in this genus are phytophagous, feeding primarily on aquatic plants in the Podostemaceae family.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Tometes kranponhah

speciesTometes kranponhah

Tometes ancylorhynchus

speciesTometes ancylorhynchus

Tometes makue

speciesTometes makue

Tometes siderocarajensis

speciesTometes siderocarajensis

Tometes trilobatus

speciesTometes trilobatus

Tometes camunani

speciesTometes camunani

Tometes lebaili

speciesTometes lebaili

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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 92548.