Basilichthys | |
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B. microlepidotus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Atherinopsidae |
Tribe: | Sorgentinini |
Genus: | Basilichthys Girard, 1855 |
Type species | |
Atherina microlepidota Jenyns, 1841[1]
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Basilichthys is a genus of Neotropical silversides native to freshwater habitats in Chile and Peru. Many species now placed in Odontesthes were formerly included in Basilichthys instead.