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Phago loricatus Günther, 1865

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Günther, A. (1865). Description of a new characinoid genus of fish from West Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 15 (no. 86): 209-210, Pl. 5. Also as a separate, pp. 1-2.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Distichodontidae
genus
Phago
species
Phago loricatus

Name

Synonyms
Phago maculatus Ahl, 1922
Phago rostratus Gunther, 1865
Homonyms
Phago loricatus Günther, 1865
Common names
African Pike-characin in English
African pike characin in English
Gefleckter Schnabelsalmler in German
Harnisch-Schnabelsalmler in German
Kifi Tsuntsu in language.
Nokkatetra in language.
Opukumogwu-igba in language.
Pansret Snabelkarpelaks in language.
Panssarinokkatetra in language.
Pike Characin in English
Täplänokkatetra in language.
patetra západoafrická in Czech
Фаго-попугай in Russian
African Pike-characin in English
Gefleckter Schnabelsalmler in German
Harnisch-Schnabelsalmler in German
Kifi Tsuntsu in language.
Nokkatetra in language.
Opukumogwu-igba in language.
Pansret Snabelkarpelaks in Danish
Panssarinokkatetra in language.
Pike Characin in English
Täplänokkatetra in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Günther, A. (1865). Description of a new characinoid genus of fish from West Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 15 (no. 86): 209-210, Pl. 5. Also as a separate, pp. 1-2.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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