''Potamorrhaphis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of freshwater
needlefishes native 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 sout ...
.
Species
Four recognized species are in this genus:
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* '' Potamorrhaphis eigenmanni'' A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915
* '' Potamorrhaphis guianensis'' ( Jardine, 1843)
* '' Potamorrhaphis labiatus'' Sant'Anna, Delapieve & R. E. dos Reis, 2012][Sant'Anna, V.B., Delapieve, M.L.S. & Reis, R.E. (2012): A New Species of ''Potamorrhaphis'' (Beloniformes: Belonidae) from the Amazon Basin. ''Copeia, 2012 (4): 663-669.'']
* '' Potamorrhaphis petersi'' Collette, 1974
References
Belonidae
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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