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Anostomoides laticeps (Eigenmann, 1912)

Description

Common Names

  • Guyana-bundkigger , Danish , Denmark
  • Araçu , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Aracu cabeça-gorda , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Piau , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Sabão , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Characiformes

    Family: Anostomidae

    Genus: Anostomoides

    Species: Anostomoides laticeps (Eigenmann, 1912)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • South America: Essequibo, Orinoco, and Solimões River basins.

    • Biology

    Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic