Description

With submarginal stripes on caudal fin (Ref. 12693).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Xenocyprididae

Genus: Oxygaster

Species: Oxygaster anomalura Van Hasselt, 1823

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found at the surface of small mountain rivers with complete or nearly complete forest canopy. Diet consists largely of exogenous insects and chironomid larvae. Very rare in fish markets (Ref. 12693, 57235).

Habitat

pelagic