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Gilbertolus
Gilbertolus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, which includes the biting tetras and freshwater barracudas. The fishes in this genus are from northwestern South America, restricted to the Atrato, Magdalena and Maracaibo basins.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Gilbertolus alatus
speciesGilbertolus alatus

Gilbertolus maracaiboensis
speciesGilbertolus maracaiboensis
Gilbertolus atratoensis
speciesGilbertolus atratoensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 88497.