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Acestridium

Acestridium is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Loricariidae of order Siluriformes. The type species is Acestridium discus. The genus name is derived from latinised Greek 'agkistron' meaning hook.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Acestridium dichromum

speciesAcestridium dichromum

Acestridium martini

speciesAcestridium martini

Acestridium colombiense

speciesAcestridium colombiense

Acestridium discus

speciesAcestridium discus

Acestridium gymnogaster

speciesAcestridium gymnogaster

Acestridium triplax

speciesAcestridium triplax

Acestridium scutatum

speciesAcestridium scutatum

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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 86205.