Phago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes in tropical West and Middle Africa. They grow to in total length, are slender in their overall shape and have a beak-like snout. They are specialized fin-eaters which sometimes eat insects and whole fish.OPEFE (2012). Genus Phago. Retrieved 3 December 2018.Lavoué, S.; M.E.Arnegard; D.L. Rabosky; P.B. McIntyre; D. Arcila; R.P. Vari; M. Nishida (2017). Trophic evolution in African citharinoid fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) and the origin of intraordinal pterygophagy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 113: 23-32.
Species Phago consists of three species: Phago boulengeri Schilthuis, 1891 Phago intermedius Boulenger, 1899 Phago loricatus Günther, 1865 (African pike-characin)
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