Phago

Genus of freshwater fishes

Phago

P. loricatus, P. intermedius, and P. boulengeri.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Characiformes
Family:  | Distichodontidae
Genus:  | Phago
Günther, 1865[1]
Type species
Phago loricatus

Günther, 1865

Phago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes in tropical West and Middle Africa. They grow to 17 cm (6.7 in) in total length, are slender in their overall shape and have a beak-like snout. They are specialized fin-eaters which sometimes eat insects and whole fish.[2][3]

## Species

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Phago consists of three species:[4]

* Phago boulengeri Schilthuis, 1891[5]
* Phago intermedius Boulenger, 1899
* Phago loricatus Günther, 1865[1] (African pike-characin)

## References

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1. ^ a b Günther, Albert (1865). "Description of a new Characinoid genus of fish from West Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 15 (87): 209–210\. doi:10.1080/00222936508681788; Pl. 5. `{{cite journal}}`: External link in ``|postscript=`` (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
2. ^ OPEFE (2012). Genus Phago. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
3. ^ 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
4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Phago". FishBase. September 2017 version.
5. ^ Schilthus, L. (1891). "On a Collection of Fishes from the Congo; With Description of Some New Species". Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 2e série. 3 (2): 90.

## Further reading

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* Boulenger, G. A. (1901). "Phago". Les poissons du basin du Congo. Bruxelles: État Indépendant du Congo. pp. 177–179; Pl. 8, Fig. 3. `{{cite book}}`: External link in ``|postscript=`` (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
* Boulenger, George Albert (1909). "Phago". Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1\. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 246–249.

Taxon identifiers

Phago|

* Wikidata: Q7180165
* ADW: Phago
* BOLD: 85838
* CoL: 6MM5
* EoL: 26604
* GBIF: 2355809
* iNaturalist: 90973
* IRMNG: 1093524
* ITIS: 163223
* NCBI: 331145
* WoRMS: 270359

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