Petilipinnis is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. Its only species is Petilipinnis grunniens, a fish found in the drainage systems of the Amazon, Cuyuni and Essequibo Rivers in Guyana, eastern Venezuela and northern Brazil.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Genus: | Petilipinnis Casatti, 2002 |
| Species: | P. grunniens
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| Petilipinnis grunniens (Jardine & Schomburgk, 1843)
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References
edit- ^ Chao, L. & Lima, F. (2020). "Petilipinnis grunniens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T143618728A143619535. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T143618728A143619535.en. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petilipinnis grunniens". FishBase. February 2023 version.
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