Schizodon knerii
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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.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes2/ | title = Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE | access-date= 29 September 2021 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
Description
Schizodon knerii can grow to {{convert|23.5|cm|abbr=on}} standard length.
Distribution
Schizodon knerii is endemic to the São Francisco River basin, Brazil.
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{{ITIS|id=641709 |taxon=Schizodon knerii |access-date=10 November 2020}}
{{FishBase |genus=Schizodon |species=knerii |month=December |year=2019}}
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Category:Fish of the São Francisco River basin
Category:Endemic fish of Brazil
Category:Taxa named by Franz Steindachner
Category:Fish described in 1875
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