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Ichthyoelephas

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Genus of fishes

Ichthyoelephas
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Prochilodontidae
Genus: Ichthyoelephas
Posada, 1909

Ichthyoelephas is a genus of South American freshwater fish from the family Prochilodontidae.

There are two species in the genus: I. humeralis reaches a length of at least 40 cm (1.3 ft) and is found in the Santiago and Guayas river basins in Ecuador, and I. longirostris reaches a length of 80 cm (2.6 ft) and is found in the Cauca–Magdalena river basin in Colombia.

They feed on algae and detritus that are taken off rocks with their fleshy lips. They are commercially important food fish.

Species

There are two species:

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ichthyoelephas". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ichthyoelephas humeralis". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ichthyoelephas longirostris". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  4. ^ Jimenez-Segura, L.; Alonso, J. C. & Mojica, J. (2016). "Ichthyoelephas longirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T49830164A61473798. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830164A61473798.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. ^ Laaz, E.; W. Aguirre (19 August 2017). "Prochilodontidae - Ichthyoelephas humeralis". The Freshwater Fishes of Western Ecuador. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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