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Scoloplax
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Scoloplax

Scoloplax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, it is the only genus in the monotypic family Scoloplacidae, the spiny dwarf catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.

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

Scoloplax dicra

speciesScoloplax dicra

Scoloplax baileyi

speciesScoloplax baileyi

Scoloplax baskini

speciesScoloplax baskini

Scoloplax dolicholophia

speciesScoloplax dolicholophia

Scoloplax distolothrix

speciesScoloplax distolothrix

Scoloplax empousa

speciesScoloplax empousa

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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 91946.