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Ctenobrycon
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Ctenobrycon

Ctenobrycon is a genus of fish of the family Characidae found in tropical South America, with five currently recognized species in this genus. Ctenobrycon species can be located is fresh water in tropical climates in South America, commonly in calm waters. Their diet includes zooplankton, plants, worms, insects, and crustaceans.

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

Kennedy's Tetra

speciesCtenobrycon kennedyi

Silver Tetra

speciesCtenobrycon spilurus

Ctenobrycon magdalenae

speciesCtenobrycon magdalenae

Ctenobrycon hauxwellianus

speciesCtenobrycon hauxwellianus

Ctenobrycon oliverai

speciesCtenobrycon oliverai

Ctenobrycon atratoensis

speciesCtenobrycon atratoensis

Ctenobrycon multiradiatus

speciesCtenobrycon multiradiatus

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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 87728.