Mesoborus

Species of fish

Mesoborus

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Characiformes
Family:  | Distichodontidae
Genus:  | Mesoborus
Pellegrin, 1900
Species:  |

M. crocodilus

Binomial name
Mesoborus crocodilus

Pellegrin, 1900

Mesoborus crocodilus is a species of distichodontid fish found in the Congo River Basin in Middle Africa. It is the only member of the genus Mesoborus. It reaches up to 25 cm (9.8 in) in standard length.[1] It is a specialized fish-eater (not a fin-eater, as some of the relatives).[2] Mesoborus crocodilus hunts by waiting motionless at the surface and then charges at prey. (ambush predator) the species is listed as least concern when it should be listed as data sufficient due to only 172 sightings. Mesoborus crocodilus is often referred to as the crocodile tetra though is not official.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mesoborus crocodilus". FishBase. October 2011 version.
2. ^ 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

Taxon identifiers

Mesoborus crocodilus|

* Wikidata: Q5391697
* BioLib: 157888
* BOLD: 267447
* CoL: 73BW7
* EoL: 220252
* FishBase: 11226
* GBIF: 2355796
* iNaturalist: 105615
* IRMNG: 10717028
* ITIS: 639816
* IUCN: 181593
* NCBI: 1108592
* Open Tree of Life: 284961
* WoRMS: 1018948

This Characiformes-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template