Pantodontidae
Family of ray-finned fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Pantodonta, a group of mammals.
Pantodontidae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Osteoglossiformes. It contains the living freshwater butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) of Africa, as well as a few extinct species from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon.
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Pantodontidae | |
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Freshwater butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Pantodontidae Peters, 1876 |
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