Phago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes in tropical West and Middle Africa. They grow to 17 cm (6.7 in) in total length, are slender in their overall shape and have a beak-like snout. They are specialized fin-eaters which sometimes eat insects and whole fish.[2][3]
| Phago | |
|---|---|
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| P. loricatus, P. intermedius, and P. boulengeri. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Distichodontidae |
| Genus: | Phago Günther, 1865[1] |
| Type species | |
| Phago loricatus Günther, 1865
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Species
editPhago consists of three species:[4]
- Phago boulengeri Schilthuis, 1891[5]
- Phago intermedius Boulenger, 1899
- Phago loricatus Günther, 1865[1] (African pike-characin)
References
edit- ^ a b Günther, Albert (1865). "Description of a new Characinoid genus of fish from West Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 15 (87): 209–210. doi:10.1080/00222936508681788; Pl. 5.
{{cite journal}}: External link in|postscript= - ^ OPEFE (2012). Genus Phago. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ Lavoué, S.; M.E.Arnegard; D.L. Rabosky; P.B. McIntyre; D. Arcila; R.P. Vari; M. Nishida (2017). Trophic evolution in African citharinoid fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) and the origin of intraordinal pterygophagy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 113: 23-32. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.001
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Phago". FishBase. September 2017 version.
- ^ Schilthus, L. (1891). "On a Collection of Fishes from the Congo; With Description of Some New Species". Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 2e série. 3 (2): 90.
Further reading
edit- Boulenger, G. A. (1901). "Phago". Les poissons du basin du Congo. Bruxelles: État Indépendant du Congo. pp. 177–179; Pl. 8, Fig. 3.
{{cite book}}: External link in|postscript= - Boulenger, George Albert (1909). "Phago". Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 246–249.
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