Freshwater Butterflyfish
Pantodon buchholzi
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish 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. Despite the name, it is not closely related to saltwater butterflyfishes.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Osteoglossiformes
- Family
- Pantodontidae
- Genus
- Pantodon