''Tetracentrum'' is a
genus
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of fish in the family
Ambassidae, the Asiatic glassfishes. They are all native to freshwater in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Tetracentrum apogonoides''
W. J. Macleay, 1883 (Four-spined glass perchlet)
* ''
Tetracentrum caudovittatus''
(Norman
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Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
, 1935) (Kokoda glass perchlet)
* ''
Tetracentrum honessi''
( L. P. Schultz, 1945) (Honess' glass perchlet)
References
Ambassidae
Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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