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Schizodon knerii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Anostomidae
Genus:	Schizodon
Species:	S. knerii
Binomial name
Schizodon knerii (Steindachner, 1875)

Schizodon knerii is a fish in the family Anostomidae from South America.

Named in honor of ichthyologist Rudolf Kner (1810-1869), who studied anostomid fishes. Kner was describer Steindachner’s teacher and friend.

Description

Schizodon knerii can grow to 23.5 cm (9.3 in) standard length.

Distribution

Schizodon knerii is endemic to the São Francisco River basin, Brazil.

References

1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schizodon knerii". FishBase. December 2019 version.
2. "Schizodon knerii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

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• Taxa named by Franz Steindachner
• Fish described in 1875
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