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Distichodus
Müller & Troschel, 1844
(fish)
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Entity:
Distichodontidae (Family) - distichodontids
..Belonophago (Genus)
..Congocharax (Genus)
..Dundocharax (Genus)
..Eugnathichthys (Genus)
..Ichthyborus (Genus)
..Mesoborus (Genus)
..Microstomatichthyoborus (Genus)
..Monostichodus (Genus)
..Nannaethiops (Genus)
..Nannocharax (Genus)
..Neolebias (Genus)
..Paradistichodus (Genus)
..Paraphago (Genus)
..Phago (Genus)
..Xenocharax (Genus)
..Distichodus (Genus)
....Distichodus affinis (Species) - silver distichodus
....Distichodus altus (Species)
....Distichodus antonii (Species)
....Distichodus atroventralis (Species)
....Distichodus brevipinnis (Species)
....Distichodus decemmaculatus (Species) - dwarf distichodus
....Distichodus engycephalus (Species)
....Distichodus fasciolatus (Species) - many barred distichodus
....Distichodus hypostomatus (Species)
....Distichodus kolleri (Species)
....Distichodus langi (Species)
....Distichodus lusosso (Species) - longsnout distichodus
....Distichodus maculatus (Species)
....Distichodus mossambicus (Species)
....Distichodus niloticus (Species)
....Distichodus noboli (Species)
....Distichodus notospilus (Species)
....Distichodus petersii (Species)
....Distichodus rostratus (Species)
....Distichodus rufigiensis (Species)
....Distichodus schenga (Species) - schenga
....Distichodus sexfasciatus (Species) - banded distichodus
....Distichodus teugelsi (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1844.
Arch. Naturgesch.
10
(1)
: 87.
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Types
Type of
:
Distichodontidae
(Family)
Günther, 1864
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; [<26 May 2025].
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Latin)
Stem
:
Distichodont-
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980
: 173, 176.
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025