''Argonectes'' is a genus of
halftooth
The Hemiodontidae are a small family of freshwater characins found in northern South America, south to the Paraná-Paraguay Basin. The larger species are popular food fish.
Hemiodontids have a streamlined body shape; many are fast-swimming, and ...
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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 ...
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Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Argonectes longiceps''
( Kner, 1858)
* ''
Argonectes robertsi''
Langeani, 1999
References
Hemiodontidae
Characiformes genera
Fish of South America
Taxa named by James Erwin Böhlke
Taxa named by George S. Myers
Tropical fish
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