Description

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Common Names

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Stor næselaks , Danish , Denmark

Piava-vermelha , Portuguese , Brazil

Piaba , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Anostomidae

Genus: Hypomasticus

Species: Hypomasticus copelandii (Steindachner, 1875)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Max. length (Erica Pauls, pers. comm., 2000). Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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benthopelagic