''Agoniates'' is genus of characiform fishes from
tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Agoniates anchovia''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1914
* ''
Agoniates halecinus''
J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845
References
Characiformes genera
Fish of South America
Tropical fish
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