''Bivibranchia'' is a
genus
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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 ...
s from
tropical
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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 ...
, with five recognized species:
* ''
Bivibranchia bimaculata''
Vari
Vari ( el, Βάρη) is a southern suburb of Athens and former municipality in East Attica, Greece along the Athens coast. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is a municipal un ...
, 1985
* ''
Bivibranchia fowleri
''Bivibranchia'' is a genus of halftooths from tropical South America, with five recognized species:
* '' Bivibranchia bimaculata'' Vari, 1985
* '' Bivibranchia fowleri'' (Steindachner, 1908)
* '' Bivibranchia notata'' Vari & Goulding, 1985
* ' ...
''
(Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1908)
* ''
Bivibranchia notata
''Bivibranchia'' is a genus of halftooths from tropical South America, with five recognized species:
* '' Bivibranchia bimaculata'' Vari, 1985
* ''Bivibranchia fowleri'' (Steindachner, 1908)
* '' Bivibranchia notata'' Vari & Goulding, 1985
* '' ...
''
Vari & Goulding, 1985
* ''
Bivibranchia simulata''
Géry
Géry () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Meuse department
The following is a list of the 499 communes of the Meuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the follo ...
, Planquette
The river Planquette () is one of the small streams that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the Canche. Its length is .
The river rises at Planques and passes Fressin, Wambercourt, Cavron-Saint-Martin and join ...
& Le Bail, 1991
* ''
Bivibranchia velox''
( C. H. Eigenmann & G. S. Myers, 1927)
References
Hemiodontidae
Characiformes genera
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Fish of South America
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