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Buck-Toothed Tetra

Creagrutus taphorni

Classification

Creagrutus taphorni is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. Location It is native to South America, inhabiting piedmont streams of north‑central Venezuela, east of the Andean Cordilleras, primarily within the Orinoco and Tuy River basins of the Caribbean versant. The Orinoco River is one of the largest river systems in South America, draining vast portions of Venezuela and Colombia before reaching the Atlantic Ocean, and is renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity.

Distribution

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