The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·89303GenusActinopterygii15 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Chordates
  3. ›Vertebrates
  4. ›Ray-finned Fishes
  5. ›Carps, Characins, Catfishes and Allies
  6. ›Characins
  7. ›Characoidei
  8. ›Toothed Headstanders
  9. ›Leporininae
No photograph on file

Laemolyta

Laemolyta is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. The fishes in this genus are found in the Orinoco and Amazon Basins in South America.

Continue reading on Wikipedia

6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Laemolyta taeniata

speciesLaemolyta taeniata

Laemolyta garmani

speciesLaemolyta garmani

Laemolyta fernandezi

speciesLaemolyta fernandezi

Laemolyta proxima

speciesLaemolyta proxima

Laemolyta fasciata

speciesLaemolyta fasciata

Laemolyta orinocensis

speciesLaemolyta orinocensis

See this branch on the Wheel of Life →
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Laemolyta in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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 89303.