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Class: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Triportheidae Hatchet characins
Subfamily: Triportheinae
Genus: Triportheus

(See list of species below)


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18 species (see list below)
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Photo by IBAMA

South America
Max. Length 25.7 cm TL
Triportheus albus Cope, 1872

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Triportheus albus
[]

Photo by JJPhoto

South America
Max. Length 23.8 cm SL
Triportheus angulatus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)

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Triportheus angulatus
[]

Photo by JJPhoto

South America
Max. Length 26.5 cm SL
Triportheus auritus (Valenciennes, 1850)

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Triportheus auritus
[]

Photo by Castro-Lima, F.

South America
Max. Length 21.9 cm SL
Triportheus brachipomus (Valenciennes, 1850)

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Triportheus brachipomus
[]

Photo by Villalba, D.O.

South America
Max. Length 24.5 cm SL
Triportheus culter (Cope, 1872)

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Triportheus culter
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.7 cm SL
 
Triportheus curtus
[]

Photo by IBAMA

Central and South America
Max. Length 24.2 cm SL
Triportheus elongatus (Günther, 1864)

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Triportheus elongatus
[Elongate hatchetfish]

Photo by Bentinho, A.

South America
Max. Length 16 cm SL
Triportheus guentheri (Garman, 1890)

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Triportheus guentheri
[]

Photo by Bolivar & Valdelamar

South America
Max. Length 36 cm SL
Triportheus magdalenae (Steindachner, 1878)

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Triportheus magdalenae
[]

Photo by Equipe de Ictiologia do Nupélia

South America
Max. Length 18.3 cm SL
Triportheus nematurus (Kner, 1858)

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Triportheus nematurus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 13.5 cm SL
 
Triportheus orinocensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15.8 cm SL
 
Triportheus pantanensis
[]

Photo by Aguilera, G.

South America
Max. Length 19 cm SL
Triportheus paranensis (Günther, 1874)

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Triportheus paranensis
[Tetra]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.7 cm SL
 
Triportheus pictus
[]

Photo by Castro-Lima, F.

South America
Max. Length 26.8 cm TL
Triportheus rotundatus (Jardine, 1841)

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Triportheus rotundatus
[]

Photo by Bentinho, A.

South America
Max. Length 19.5 cm TL
Triportheus signatus (Garman, 1890)

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Triportheus signatus
[]

Photo by Nunes, J.L.S.

South America
Max. Length 21.8 cm SL
Triportheus trifurcatus (Castelnau, 1855)

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Triportheus trifurcatus
[]

Photo by Castro-Lima, F.

South America
Max. Length 11.9 cm SL
Triportheus venezuelensis Malabarba, 2004

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Triportheus venezuelensis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Triportheus albus South America 25.7 TL 1872
Triportheus angulatus South America 23.8 SL 1829
Triportheus auritus South America 26.5 SL 1850
Triportheus brachipomus South America 21.9 SL 1850
Triportheus culter South America 24.5 SL 1872
Triportheus curtus South America 10.7 SL 1890
Triportheus elongatus Elongate hatchetfish Central and South America 24.2 SL 1864
Triportheus guentheri South America 16 SL 1890
Triportheus magdalenae South America 36 SL 1878
Triportheus nematurus South America 18.3 SL 1858
Triportheus orinocensis South America 13.5 SL 2004
Triportheus pantanensis South America 15.8 SL 2004
Triportheus paranensis Tetra South America 19 SL 1874
Triportheus pictus South America 10.7 SL 1890
Triportheus rotundatus South America 26.8 TL 1841
Triportheus signatus South America 19.5 TL 1890
Triportheus trifurcatus South America 21.8 SL 1855
Triportheus venezuelensis South America 11.9 SL 2004



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