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Cheirodon mitopterus

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Cheirodon mitopterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Cheirodon
Species:
C. mitopterus
Binomial name
Cheirodon mitopterus
Fink & Weitzman, 1974

Cheirodon mitopterus is a species of fish in the family Characidae.[1]

Description

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It has an elongate, compressed body. It has 32–34 vertebrae and is of a shady green colour with bright silver shading on the sides.

Distribution

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Central Panama.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Fink, William L., and Stanley H. Weitzman. The so-called cheirodontin fishes of Central America with descriptions of two new species (Pisces: Characidae). Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974.
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