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Pantodon buchholzi. W. K. H. Peters, 1877. The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) is a species of osteoglossiform fish native to freshwater habitats in the Niger and Congo basins of western and central Africa. It is the only extant species in the family Pantodontidae. It is not closely related to saltwater ...
Anomalochromis. Anomalochromis is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae, containing the single species Anomalochromis thomasi, the African butterfly cichlid. [2] It is a small cichlid growing to a length of 6–8 centimetres (2.4–3.1 in). The natural habitat of A. thomasi is Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, mainly in smaller streams.
African butterflyfish. African butterflyfish may refer to: Freshwater butterflyfish, Pantodon bulchhozi, a freshwater bonytongue fish. Chaetodon dolosus, a saltwater butterflyfish. Category: Set index articles on animal common names.
Danaus chrysippus. Danaus chrysippus, also known as the plain tiger, [1][2] African queen, [2] or African monarch, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa. [2] It belongs to the Danainae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. Danainae primarily consume plants in the genus Asclepias, more ...
Heterochaetodon heterochaetodon dolosus (Ahl, 1923) Chaetodon mendoncae J.L.B. Smith, 1953. Chaetodon dolosus, the African butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, at depths from 40 to 200 metres (13–66 ft. It can grow up to 15 centimetres (6 ...
The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. The approximately 129 species in 12 genera [2] are found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A number of species pairs occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans ...
The African butter catfish (Schilbe mystus) is a species of fish in the family Schilbeidae. It is native to many major river systems in Africa. [3] Other common names for the fish include butter fish, butter barbel, African glass catfish, lubangu, mystus catfish, silver barbel, and silver catfish. [1][3] It was originally described as Silurus ...
Chaetodon is a tropical fish genus in the family Chaetodontidae.Like their relatives, they are known as "butterflyfish". This genus is by far the largest among the Chaetodontidae, with about 90 living species included here, [1] though most might warrant recognition as distinct genera.