Banjos (fish)
| Banjos | |
|---|---|
| Banjos banjos | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Eupercaria |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Banjosidae D.S. Jordan and W.F. Thompson, 1912 |
| Genus: | Banjos Bleeker, 1876 |
| Type species | |
| Anoplus banjos Richardson, 1846 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Banjos is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, the only genus in the monotypic family Banjosidae, which is part of the order Acropomatiformes. They are native to the western Indian and the Atlantic coasts of Africa, and is made up of the three species of banjofishes.