Schizodon knerii is a fish in the family Anostomidae from South America.[1][2]
| Schizodon knerii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Schizodon |
| Species: | S. knerii
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| Binomial name | |
| Schizodon knerii (Steindachner, 1875)
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Named in honor of ichthyologist Rudolf Kner (1810-1869), who studied anostomid fishes. Kner was describer Steindachner’s teacher and friend.[3]
Description edit
Schizodon knerii can grow to 23.5 cm (9.3 in) standard length.
Distribution edit
Schizodon knerii is endemic to the São Francisco River basin, Brazil.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Schizodon knerii" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ "Schizodon knerii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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