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Panaque
The genus Panaque contains a small number of small to medium sized armoured catfishes that are notable for being among the very few vertebrates that feed extensively on wood Particular adaptations to this diet include scraper-like teeth and symbiotic] [[gut bacteria that allow the fish to digest the wood. In addition, algae and aufwuchs are an important part of the diet, and they use their rasping teeth to scrape this from rocks.
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