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Freshwater Butterflyfish

Pantodon buchholzi

Classification

The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) is a species of osteoglossiform fish native to freshwater habitats in the Niger and Congo basins of Western and Central Africa. It is the only extant species in the family Pantodontidae. Despite the name, it is not closely related to saltwater butterflyfishes.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1