''Ichthyborus'' is a genus of
distichodontid fishes found in
tropical
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Africa
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. They are
piscivore
A piscivore () is a carnivorous animal that eats primarily fish. The name ''piscivore'' is derived . Piscivore is equivalent to the Greek-derived word ichthyophage, both of which mean "fish eater". Fish were the diet of early tetrapod evoluti ...
s that feed both on (whole) fish and
fins of fish.
[Lavoué, S.; M.E.Arnegard; D.L. Rabosky; P.B. McIntyre; D. Arcila; R.P. Vari; M. Nishida (2017). Trophic evolution in African citharinoid fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) and the origin of intraordinal pterygophagy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 113: 23-32. ]
Species
There are five recognized species:
* ''
Ichthyborus besse
''Ichthyborus'' is a genus of distichodontid fishes found in tropical Africa. They are piscivores that feed both on (whole) fish and fins of fish.Lavoué, S.; M.E.Arnegard; D.L. Rabosky; P.B. McIntyre; D. Arcila; R.P. Vari; M. Nishida (2017). T ...
''
( de Joannis, 1835)
* ''
Ichthyborus congolensis''
Giltay, 1930
* ''
Ichthyborus monodi''
( Pellegrin, 1927)
* ''
Ichthyborus ornatus''
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, 1899)
* ''
Ichthyborus quadrilineatus
''Ichthyborus'' is a genus of distichodontid fishes found in tropical Africa. They are piscivores that feed both on (whole) fish and fins of fish.Lavoué, S.; M.E.Arnegard; D.L. Rabosky; P.B. McIntyre; D. Arcila; R.P. Vari; M. Nishida (2017). T ...
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(Pellegrin, 1904)
References
Distichodontidae
Fish of Africa
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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