Paragoniates
Species of fish
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Paragoniates is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Characidae. The only species in the genus is Paragoniates alburnus, a characin which is found in the Amazon River basin in Brazil, Bolivia,[3] Peru and Venezuela.[4]
| Paragoniates | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Aphyocharacinae |
| Genus: | Paragoniates Steindachner, 1876 |
| Species: | P. alburnus |
| Binomial name | |
| Paragoniates alburnus Steindachner, 1876[2] | |
