Schizodon knerii is a fish in the family Anostomidae from South America.[1][2]

Schizodon knerii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Genus: Schizodon
Species:
S. knerii
Binomial name
Schizodon knerii
(Steindachner, 1875)

Named in honor of ichthyologist Rudolf Kner (1810-1869), who studied anostomid fishes. Kner was describer Steindachner’s teacher and friend.[3]


Description

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Schizodon knerii can grow to 23.5 cm (9.3 in) standard length.

Distribution

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Schizodon knerii is endemic to the São Francisco River basin, Brazil.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schizodon knerii". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. ^ "Schizodon knerii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ^ 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.