''Phago'' is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes in tropical

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. They grow to in

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, are slender in their overall shape and have a beak-like snout. They are specialized fin-eaters which sometimes eat insects and whole fish.OPEFE (2012)
Genus Phago.
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Species

''Phago'' consists of three species: * ''

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'' Schilthuis, 1891 * '' Phago intermedius'' Boulenger, 1899 * '' Phago loricatus'' Günther, 1865 (African pike-characin)

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