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Bala Sharks
Balantiocheilos
Balantiocheilos is a small genus of cyprinid fish from southeast Asia. It includes two species.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Tricolor Sharkminnow
speciesBalantiocheilos melanopterus
Burnt-tailed Shark
speciesBalantiocheilos ambusticauda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 86826.