''Cyphocharax festivus'' is a
species
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of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
in the
family
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Curimatidae
The Curimatidae, toothless characins, are a family of freshwater fishes, of the order Characiformes. They originate from southern Costa Rica to northern Argentina. The family has around 105 species, many of them frequently exploited for human con ...
native
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to South America.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5492198
Curimatidae
Fish of South America
Taxa named by Richard Peter Vari
Fish described in 1992