Ctenobrycon
Genus of fishes
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Ctenobrycon is a genus of fresnwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.[2]
| Ctenobrycon | |
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| C. hauxwellianus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Acestrorhamphinae |
| Genus: | Ctenobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1908[1] |
| Type species | |
| Tetragonopterus hauxwellianus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ctenobrycon species can be located is fresh water in tropical climates in South America, commonly in calm waters.
Their diet includes zooplankton, plants, worms, insects, and crustaceans.[3]
An adult female can produce an average of 2,000 eggs. The fry hatch about 50 to 70 hours later, and after the third day look for food.[3]
Species
Ctenonrycon contains the following valid species;[2]
- Ctenobrycon atratoensis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
- Ctenobrycon hauxwellianus (Cope, 1870)
- Ctenobrycon kennedyi (C. H. Eigenmann, 1903)
- Ctenobrycon magdalenae (C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1916)
- Ctenobrycon multiradiatus (Steindachner, 1876)
- Ctenobrycon oliverai Benine, Lopes & Ron, 2010
- Ctenobrycon spilurus (Valenciennes, 1850)
