Ichthyborus
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| Ichthyborus | |
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| Ichthyborus besse (middle and bottom), Nannaethiops unitaeniatus (top left), and Nannocharax niloticus (top right) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Distichodontidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyborus Günther, 1864[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ichthyborus microlepis (a synonym of Characinus besse) Günther, 1864[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Ichthyborus is a genus of distichodontid fishes found in tropical Africa. They are piscivores that feed both on (whole) fish and fins of fish.[2][3][4]
