Potamorrhaphis Labiatus
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''Potamorrhaphis'' 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 freshwater
needlefish Needlefish (family Belonidae) or long toms are piscivorous fishes primarily associated with very shallow marine habitats or the surface of the open sea. Some genera include species found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments (e.g., ...
es native to
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
.


Species

Four recognized species are in this genus: * '' Potamorrhaphis eigenmanni'' A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 * '' Potamorrhaphis guianensis'' (
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, 1843)
* '' Potamorrhaphis labiatus'' Sant'Anna, Delapieve & R. E. dos Reis, 2012Sant'Anna, V.B., Delapieve, M.L.S. & Reis, R.E. (2012): A New Species of ''Potamorrhaphis'' (Beloniformes: Belonidae) from the Amazon Basin. ''Copeia, 2012 (4): 663-669.'' * '' Potamorrhaphis petersi'' Collette, 1974


References

Belonidae Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Beloniformes-stub