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105 Characiformes trees
Scientific Name Characiformes
Comments Phylogenetic trees based on morphological characters. None of the them include all extant families of Characiformes. African taxa are shown in green letters.
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Attached to Group Characiformes: view page image collection
Title morphotrees.jpg
Image Type Diagram
ALT Text Characiformes trees
ID 105
1187 Ctenolucius hujeta head
Scientific Name Ctenolucius hujeta
Location Maracaibo basin (Venezuela)
Comments Membranes of the lips are clearly extended posteriorly, preceded by a thickened margin of skin. In this way, fish adapted to poor oxygen concentration in the water, a typical condition in flood plain enironments, may "skim" the upper layer of the water for oxygenation. The fish was being held in a bucket of water.
Body Part Head
View Dorsal
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Copyright © John G. Lundberg
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Title cteno2.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ALT Text Ctenolucius hujeta head
ID 1187
2082 Red-bellied piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri
Scientific Name Pygocentrus nattereri
Comments Red-bellied piranha
Acknowledgements Photo taken at the Tennessee Aquarium (Chattanooga, TN, USA), reproduced with permission.
Copyright © 1997 E. Lasky and C. Smith
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Attached to Group Characiformes: view page image collection
Title piranha.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ALT Text Red-bellied piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri
ID 2082
2229 Semaprochilodus taeniurus
Scientific Name Semaprochilodus taeniurus
Acknowledgements Photo taken at the Tennessee Aquarium (Chattanooga, TN, USA), reproduced with permission.
Copyright © 1997 E. Lasky and C. Smith
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Attached to Group Characiformes: view page image collection
Title semap.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ALT Text Semaprochilodus taeniurus
ID 2229
2865 Gymnocorymbus ternetzi, the black tetra
Scientific Name Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
Comments Black tetra, showing the disposition of the fins.
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Title adipose.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ALT Text Gymnocorymbus ternetzi, the black tetra
ID 2865
4744
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Attached to Group Characiformes: view page image collection
Title chara_molphy.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 4744
5031
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Title chara.map.gif
Image Type Diagram
ID 5031
15573
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Title 1963dorado600.jpg
ID 15573
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