Schizodon borellii
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| Schizodon borellii | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Schizodon |
| Species: | S. borellii
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| Binomial name | |
| Schizodon borellii (Boulenger, 1900)
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Schizodon borellii is a fish in the family Anostomidae from South America.[1][2] The fish is named in honor of zoologist Alfonso Borelli (1857-1943), Università di Torino. Borelli led three expeditions into the interior of South America and collected the type specimen of this species along with many other animals.[3]
Description
Schizodon borellii can grow to 40 cm (16 in) standard length.[1]
Distribution
It is found in the Paraguay River basin in Argentina and Brazil.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schizodon borellii". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ↑ "Schizodon borellii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
