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  6. ›Neotropical Knifefishes
  7. ›Bluntnose Knifefishes
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Hypopomus

Hypopomus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Hypopomidae, the bluntnose knifefishes. The only species in the genus is Hypopomus artedi, a species found in Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname. This species can reach a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) SL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species

Hypopomus artedi

speciesHypopomus artedi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89023.