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Heterocharax
Heterocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, the biting tetras and freshwater barracudas. The species in this genus are found in South America.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Blueline Glass Tetra
speciesHeterocharax virgulatus
Heterocharax macrolepis
speciesHeterocharax macrolepis
Heterocharax leptogrammus
speciesHeterocharax leptogrammus
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 88867.