Phago

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

Phago is a genus of distichodontid fishes found in Africa. Albert Günther circumscribed the genus in 1865. As of 2017, it consists of the following three species:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). Species of Phago in FishBase. September 2017 version.
  3. ↑ 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.
  • 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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