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Chilodus
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Chilodus

Chilodus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Chilodidae, the headstanders. The fishes in this genus are from South America They live in the Orinoco and Amazon Basins, as well as in various rivers in the Guianas.

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

pearl headstander

speciesChilodus punctatus

Graceful Headstander

speciesChilodus gracilis

Tinyspotted Headstander

speciesChilodus zunevei

Peppered Headstander

speciesChilodus fritillus

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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 87411.