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Class: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Distichodontidae Distichodus

Genus: Phago

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3 species (see list below)
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Photo by Mamonekene, V.

Africa
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Phago boulengeri Schilthuis, 1891

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Phago boulengeri
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Max. Length 16 cm TL
 
Phago intermedius
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Max. Length 16.5 cm SL
 
Phago loricatus
[African pike-characin]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Phago boulengeri Africa 17 TL 1891
Phago intermedius Africa 16 TL 1899
Phago loricatus African pike-characin Africa 16.5 SL 1865



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