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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: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Astronotinae
Genus: Chaetobranchus
Species: C. flavescens – C. semifasciatus
Name

Chaetobranchus Heckel, 1840: 401

Type species: Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel, 1840
Type by subsequent designation of Eigenmann, 1910: 469
Gender: masculine

References

Heckel, J.H. 1840: Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden). Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte, 2: 325–471, Pls. 29-30.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Chaetobranchus flavescens

Chaetobranchus is a small genus of cichlid fishes from South America where they are native to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin and rivers in the Guianas.
Species

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

Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel, 1840
Chaetobranchus semifasciatus Steindachner, 1875

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Chaetobranchus in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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