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Cheirodon pisciculus

Cheirodon pisciculus

Classification

Cheirodon pisciculus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Characidae. This species is endemic to Chile. Taxonomy Cheirodon pisciculus was first formally described in 1855 by the French biologist Charles Frédéric Girard, with its type locality given as ponds in the vicinity of Santiago in Chile.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog