''Caenotropus'' is a genus of chilodid headstanders from
South America
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, found in the
Orinoco
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,
Parnaíba
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, and
Amazon Basin
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s, as well as various rivers in
the Guianas
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. The currently described species in this genus are:
* ''
Caenotropus labyrinthicus''
( Kner, 1858)
* ''
Caenotropus maculosus''
( C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
* ''
Caenotropus mestomorgmatos''
Vari
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, R. M. C. Castro & Raredon, 1995
* ''
Caenotropus schizodon''
Scharcansky & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2007
References
*
Chilodontidae (fish)
Fish of South America
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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