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Basilichthys
	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

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.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[2]

Basilichthys archaeus (Cope, 1878)
Basilichthys australis C. H. Eigenmann, 1928
Basilichthys microlepidotus (Jenyns, 1841)
Basilichthys semotilus (Cope, 1874)

References

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Basilichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Basilichthys". FishBase. June 2012 version.

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[CofF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Basilichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Basilichthys". FishBase. June 2012 version.

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