Phago

Phago
	P. loricatus, P. intermedius, and P. boulengeri.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Distichodontidae
Genus:	Phago; Günther, 1865
Type species
	Phago loricatus; Günther, 1865

Phago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes found in tropical West and Middle Africa. They reach up to 17 cm (6.7 in) in total length, are slender in their overall shape and have a beak-like snout with sharp, tricuspid ("three-tipped") teeth.^[2]^[3] They are specialized fin-eaters, but may on occasion also feed on insects and (whole) fish.^[3]^[4]

Species[]

As of 2017, it consists of the following three species:^[2]

Schilthuis, 1891^[5]
Boulenger, 1899
Günther, 1865^[1] (African pike-characin)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Günther, Albert (1865). "Description of a new Characinoid genus of fish from West Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 15 (87): 209–210. doi:10.1080/00222936508681788; Pl. 5.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Phago in FishBase. September 2017 version.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b OPEFE (2012). Genus Phago. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
^ Lavoué, S.; M.E.Arnegard; D.L. Rabosky; P.B. McIntyre; D. Arcila; R.P. Vari; M. Nishida (2017). Trophic evolution in African citharinoid fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) and the origin of intraordinal pterygophagy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 113: 23-32. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.001
^ Schilthus, L. (1891). "On a Collection of Fishes from the Congo; With Description of Some New Species". Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 2e série. 3 (2): 90.

Further reading[]

Boulenger, G. A. (1901). "Phago". Les poissons du basin du Congo. Bruxelles: État Indépendant du Congo. pp. 177–179; Pl. 8, Fig. 3.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Boulenger, George Albert (1909). "Phago". Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 246–249.

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[Gunther,_1865-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Günther, Albert (1865). "Description of a new Characinoid genus of fish from West Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 15 (87): 209–210. doi:10.1080/00222936508681788; Pl. 5.CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[Fishbase-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Phago in FishBase. September 2017 version.

[OPEFE-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b OPEFE (2012). Genus Phago. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

[Lavoue2018-4] Lavoué, S.; M.E.Arnegard; D.L. Rabosky; P.B. McIntyre; D. Arcila; R.P. Vari; M. Nishida (2017). Trophic evolution in African citharinoid fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) and the origin of intraordinal pterygophagy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 113: 23-32. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.001

[Schilthus,_1891-5] Schilthus, L. (1891). "On a Collection of Fishes from the Congo; With Description of Some New Species". Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 2e série. 3 (2): 90.

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Phago

P. loricatus, P. intermedius, and P. boulengeri.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Distichodontidae
Genus:	Phago Günther, 1865^[1]
Type species
Phago loricatus Günther, 1865