Paradistichodus dimidiatus is a species of distichodontid fish that occurs in the African nations of Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal. It is the only described species in its genus.
Paradistichodus dimidiatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Distichodontidae |
Genus: | Paradistichodus Pellegrin, 1922 |
Species: | P. dimidiatus
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Binomial name | |
Paradistichodus dimidiatus (Pellegrin, 1904)
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Synonyms | |
Paradistichodus elegans Pellegrin, 1922 |
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paradistichodus dimidiatus". FishBase. October 2011 version.