''Odaxothrissa'', the fangtooth pellonulines, is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of fresh-water fish in the family

Dorosomatidae Dorosomatidae is a family of clupeiform fishes. It is now recognized by FishBase as a family in its own right; it had been considered to be a subfamily of Clupeidae. It contains 31 extant Extant or Least-concern species, least concern is ...

. All the extant species in this genus are found in

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax ...

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

Species

''Odaxothrissa'' contains the following species: * '' Odaxothrissa ansorgii'' Boulenger, 1910 (Ansorge fangtooth pellonuline) * ''

Odaxothrissa losera ''Odaxothrissa'', the fangtooth pellonulines, is a genus of fresh-water fish in the family Dorosomatidae. All the extant species in this genus are found in tropical Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous cont ...

'' Boulenger, 1899 (Losera fangtooth pellonuline) * '' Odaxothrissa mento'' ( Regan, 1917) (Nigerian fangtooth pellonuline) * '' Odaxothrissa vittata'' Regan 1917 (Regan's fangtooth pellonuline)

References

* Odaxothrissa Dorosomatidae Fish of Africa Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Taxa described in 1899 {{Clupeiformes-stub