Distocyclus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gymnotiformes |
Family: | Sternopygidae |
Subfamily: | Eigenmanniinae |
Genus: |
Distocyclus Mago-Leccia, 1978 |
Distocyclus is a genus of South American glass knifefishes, with one species in the Amazon basin and another in rivers in French Guiana. [1]
There are currently two recognized species in this genus. A third species has sometimes been recognized, but it is better placed in the genus Eigenmannia as E. goajira, [2] [3] although its exact taxonomic position is unresolved. [4]
Distocyclus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gymnotiformes |
Family: | Sternopygidae |
Subfamily: | Eigenmanniinae |
Genus: |
Distocyclus Mago-Leccia, 1978 |
Distocyclus is a genus of South American glass knifefishes, with one species in the Amazon basin and another in rivers in French Guiana. [1]
There are currently two recognized species in this genus. A third species has sometimes been recognized, but it is better placed in the genus Eigenmannia as E. goajira, [2] [3] although its exact taxonomic position is unresolved. [4]