Cynodon (fish)

Genus of fishes

Cynodon

Cynodon gibbus
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Characiformes
Family:  | Cynodontidae
Genus:  | Cynodon
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829)

Cynodon is a genus of dogtooth characins from tropical South America, including the Amazon and Orinoco basins, and rivers in the Guianas.[1][2][3] These predatory fish reach up to 32.2 cm (1.06 ft) in standard length.[1][2] They are mainly piscivorous, but will also take insects.[3][4]

## Species

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There are currently three described species in this genus:[1][2]

* Cynodon gibbus (Agassiz, 1829)
* Cynodon meionactis Géry, Le Bail & Keith, 1999
* Cynodon septenarius Toledo-Piza, 2000

## References

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1. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cynodon". FishBase. October 2011 version.
2. ^ a b c Toledo-Piza, M. (2000). The Neotropical fish subfamily Cynodontinae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes): a phylogenetic study and a revision of Cynodon and Rhaphiodon. Am. Mus. Novit. 3286:1-88.
3. ^ a b OPEFE: Cyanodon. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
4. ^ van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 155\. ISBN 978-0691170749.

Taxon identifiers

Cynodon|

* Wikidata: Q3008773
* Wikispecies: Cynodon (Spix)
* ADW: Cynodon
* BOLD: 497725
* CoL: 8V5BR
* EoL: 24400
* GBIF: 10800916
* iNaturalist: 87795
* ITIS: 639169
* NCBI: 210603
* WoRMS: 268922

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