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Thoracocharax
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Thoracocharax

Thoracocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Gasteropelecidae, the freshwater hatchetfishes. These fishes are found in the Amazon, Orinoco and Paraná basins in South America. These fish live just under the surface of the water.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Spotfin Hatchetfish

speciesThoracocharax stellatus

Giant Hatchetfish

speciesThoracocharax securis

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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 92507.