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Orthospinus franciscensis
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Orthospinus franciscensis

Orthospinus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The only species in the genus is Orthospinus franciscensis, which is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the São Francisco River basin.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 610944.