Thayeria obliqua
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| Thayeria obliqua | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Genus: | Thayeria |
| Species: | T. obliqua |
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| Thayeria obliqua C. H. Eigenmann, 1908[2] | |
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Thayeria obliqua, the penguinfish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.[2] It is a tropical fish. It is found in the basin of the Tocantins River and Guaporé River in Brazil.[3]
