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Leporinus pachyurus
Arhinolemur is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anostomidae,the toothed headstanders. The fishes in this genus are found in South America. The type species, Arrhinolemur scalabrinii, known from the late Miocene of Entre Ríos in Argentina, was misidentified as a species of primate until it was recognized as belonging to Anostomidae.
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In human culture
Arhinolemus is a name which prefixes a-, meaning "without", to rhinos, meaning "snout", and lemur, the primate group of Madagascar. The type species of this genus, A. scalabrinii, was originally identified as a primate, only being identified as an anastomid fish in 2012.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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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 608160.