''Argonectes'' is a genus of
halftooth
The Hemiodontidae are a small family of freshwater characins found in northern South America, south to the Paraná-Paraguay Basin. The larger species are popular food fish.
Hemiodontids have a streamlined body shape; many are fast-swimming, and ...
s from
tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...
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Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Argonectes longiceps''
( Kner, 1858)
* ''
Argonectes robertsi
''Argonectes'' is a genus of halftooths from tropical South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the ...
''
Langeani, 1999
References
Hemiodontidae
Characiformes genera
Fish of South America
Taxa named by James Erwin Böhlke
Taxa named by George S. Myers
Tropical fish
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