| Freshwater butterflyfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Pantodontidae |
| Genus: | Pantodon W. K. H. Peters, 1877 |
| Species: | P. buchholzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pantodon buchholzi W. K. H. Peters, 1877
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The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) is a species of osteoglossiform fish native to freshwater habitats in the Niger and Congo basins of western and central Africa. It is the only extant species in the family Pantodontidae. It is not closely related to saltwater butterflyfishes.
- ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Pantodon buchholzi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T183157A8057176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183157A8057176.en. Retrieved 23 May 2020.