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| Distichodontidae |
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Belonophago
Congocharax
Distichodus
Dundocharax
Eugnathichthys
Hemigrammocharax
Hemistichodus
Ichthyborus
Mesoborus
Microstomatichthyoborus
Nannaethiops
Nannocharax
Neolebias
Paradistichodus
Paraphago
Phago
Xenocharax
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Distichodontidae is a family of fresh water African fish of the order Characiformes.[1] There are seventeen genera including about 90 species.[1] There are two evolutionary grades in this family. Micropredators (predators of very small organisms) and herbivores have a non-protractile upper jaw and a deep to shallow body, while carnivores have a movable upper jaw and have an elongate body.[1]
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