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Carnegiella
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Carnegiella

Carnegiella is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Gasteropelecidae, the freshwater hatchetfishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. This genus contains some popular aquarium fishes.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Marbled Hatchetfish

speciesCarnegiella strigata

Dwarf Hatchetfish

speciesCarnegiella schereri

Pygmy Hatchetfish

speciesCarnegiella myersi

Blackwing Hatchetfish

speciesCarnegiella marthae

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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 87242.