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Heterocheirodon
Heterocheirodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus are found in South America, in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
Heterocheirodon yatai
speciesHeterocheirodon yatai
Heterocheirodon jacuiensis
speciesHeterocheirodon jacuiensis
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 88868.