Description

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Common Names

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Gulstribet næselaks , Danish , Denmark

Sto fisi , Djuka (Boni (Aluku)) , French Guiana

德氏兔脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

德氏兔脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Walakouwili , Oyampi , French Guiana

Piau , Portuguese , Brazil

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Anostomidae

Genus: Hypomasticus

Species: Hypomasticus despaxi (Puyo, 1943)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Adults occur upstream in rapidly flowing water (Ref. 12225). Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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benthopelagic