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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Hemiodontidae
Genus: Argonectes
Species (2): A. longiceps – A. robertsi
Name

Argonectes Böhlke & Myers, 1956: 2
Gender: masculine
Type species: Argonectes scapularis Böhlke & Myers, 1956
Fixation: original designation

Primary references

Böhlke, J.E. & Myers, G.S. 1956: Studies on fishes of the family Characidae.--No. 11. A new genus and species of hemiodontins from the Rio Orinoco in Venezuela. Notulae naturae, No. 286: 1–6.

Argonectes is a genus of halftooths from tropical South America.
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

Argonectes longiceps (Kner, 1858)
Argonectes robertsi Langeani, 1999

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Argonectes". FishBase. October 2012 version.

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