Ichthyborus

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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]

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Ichthyborus
Ichthyborus besse (middle and bottom), Nannaethiops unitaeniatus (top left), and Nannocharax niloticus (top right)
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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]
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Species

Ichthyborus contains the following valid species:[5]

  • Ichthyborus besse (de Joannis, 1835)
  • Ichthyborus monodi (Pellegrin, 1927)
  • Ichthyborus ornatus (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Ichthyborus quadrilineatus (Pellegrin, 1904)

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