Phenagoniates

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Phenagoniates is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Characidae. The only species in the genus is Phenagoniates macrolepis, the barred glass tetra or slender tetra. This characin is found in Colombia, Panama and Venezuela.

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Phenagoniates
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Aphyocharacinae
Genus: Phenagoniates
C. H. Eigenmann & C. E. Wilson, 1914[2]
Species:
P. macrolepis
Binomial name
Phenagoniates macrolepis
Synonyms[3]
  • Roeboides macrolepis Meek & hildebrand, 1913
  • Pheagoniates wilsoni C. H. Eigenmann & C.E. Wilson, 1914
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