Freshwater butterflyfish
| Freshwater butterflyfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Pantodontidae |
| Genus: | Pantodon W. K. H. Peters, 1877 |
| Species: | P. buchholzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pantodon buchholzi W. K. H. Peters, 1877 | |
The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish, Pantodon buchholzi, is the only extant species in the family Pantodontidae within the order Osteoglossiformes. It is not closely related to saltwater butterflyfishes.
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