Paradistichodus
Species of fish
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Paradistichodus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Distichodontidae. The only species in this genus is Paradistichodus dimidiatus,[3] this fish occurs in West Africa, in the catchment of Lake Chad, as well as the drainages of the Gambia, Casamance, Corubal, Niger and Volta.[1]
| Paradistichodus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Distichodontidae |
| Genus: | Paradistichodus Pellegrin, 1922[2] |
| Species: | P. dimidiatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Paradistichodus dimidiatus (Pellegrin, 1904) | |
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