''Schizodon borellii'' is a fish in the family

Anostomidae The Anostomidae are a family of ray-finned fishes that belong to the order Characiformes. Closely related to the Chilodidae and formerly included with them, the Anostomidae contain about 150 described species. Commonly known as anostomids, they ...

from South America. The fish is named in honor of zoologist Alfonso Borelli (1857-1943), Università di Torino. Borelli led three expeditions into the interior of

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 ...

and collected the type specimen of this species along with many other animals.

Description

''Schizodon borellii'' can grow to

standard length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is ...

Distribution

It is found in the

Paraguay River The Paraguay River (''Ysyry Paraguái'' in Guarani language, Guarani, ''Rio Paraguai'' in Portuguese language, Portuguese, ''Río Paraguay'' in Spanish language, Spanish) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bol ...

basin in Argentina and Brazil.

References

Anostomidae Freshwater fish of Argentina Freshwater fish of Brazil Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Fish described in 1900 {{characiformes-stub