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Piabucus caudomaculatus (Vari, 1977)
Piabucus dentatus (Kölreuter, 1763)
Piabucus melanostoma (Holmberg, 1891) When
originally classified,
Piabucus was...
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Piabucus dentatus, also
called the chin
tetra or the
coastal piabucus, is a
small freshwater fish from the
rivers of
South America. It has a wide range...
- out of the
three species in its genus;
Piabucus caudomaculatus is the smallest, at 9.6 cm (3.8 in) SL, and
Piabucus dentatus the largest, at 12.9 cm (5.0 in)...
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largest is
Piabucus dentatus, at 12.9 cm (5.1 in) SL, and the second-largest is
Piabucus melanostoma, at 11.5 cm (4.5 in) SL.
Members of
Piabucus are characterized...
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variatus (Géry, 1993)
Piabucus (Oken, 1817)
Piabucus caudomaculatus (Vari, 1977)
Piabucus dentatus (Kölreuter, 1763)
Piabucus melanostoma (Holmberg,...
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Subfamily Iguanodectinae moved to
Iguanodectidae Bryconops Iguanodectes Piabucus Subfamily Heterocharacinae moved to
Acestrorhynchidae Gnathocharax Heterocharax...
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variatus (Géry, 1993)
Piabucus (Oken, 1817)
Piabucus caudomaculatus (Vari, 1977)
Piabucus dentatus (Kölreuter, 1763)
Piabucus melanostoma (Holmberg,...
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makes them a
target for the
ornamental fish industry.
Alongside the
genus Piabucus, it is in the
subfamily Iguanodectinae,
which in turn is in the family...
- Iguanodectidae; it was
placed there alongside the
genera Iguanodectes and
Piabucus. The
specific epithet "florenceae"
honors Florence de
Rapleye Foerderer...
- general, the
genus Bryconops has a
similar body
shape to
sister genus Piabucus,
described as
resembling a
minnow or smelt. Its
scales are
mostly greenish-silver...
