Phago

Phago is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes in tropical West and Middle Africa. They grow to 17 cm (6.7 in) 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.^[2][3]

Phago
P. loricatus, P. intermedius, and P. boulengeri.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Distichodontidae
Genus:	Phago Günther, 1865[1]
Type species
Phago loricatus Günther, 1865

Species

Phago consists of three species:^[4]

• Phago boulengeri Schilthuis, 1891^[5]
• Phago intermedius Boulenger, 1899
• Phago loricatus Günther, 1865^[1] (African pike-characin)