Ilyodon Lennoni
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''Ilyodon lennoni'', the Chacambero splitfin, is a
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splitfin Goodeidae is a family of teleost fish endemic to Mexico and some areas of the United States. Many species are known as splitfins. This family contains about 50 species within 18 genera. The family is named after ichthyologist George Brown Goode ...
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to
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. This species grows to a length of TL. It has been considered to be a junior synonym of '' I. whitei'', but is currently considered to be a valid species by
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See also

* ''
Bumba lennoni ''Bumba lennoni'' is a species of tarantula found in 2015 in Caxiuanã National Forest. It is about one inch long, small for a tarantula but is closely related to the largest spider in the world. Origins This spider lives in northern Brazil, an ...
'' *
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References

lennoni Fish described in 1983 {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub