Distichodus sexfasciatus
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The Six-banded distichodus (Distichodus sexfasciatus) is a species of fish
in the Distichodontidae
family.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Distichodontidae
Distichodontidae
Distichodontidae is a family of fresh water African fish of the order Characiformes.There are two evolutionary grades in this family; micropredators and herbivores have a non-protractile upper jaw and a deep to shallow body, while carnivores have a movable upper jaw and have an elongate body...
family.