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Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

Common Names

  • Yaya , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Piki chiba , Djuka (Boni) , French Guiana
  • Sardine doree , English , Trinidad Tobago
  • Two spots astyanax , English , Uruguay
  • Two spotted sardine , English , Trinidad Tobago
  • Twospot astyanax , English , USA
  • Täpläkiiltotetra , Finnish , Finland
  • Pikili , Galibi , French Guiana
  • Rautensalmler , German , Germany
  • Piky , Guarani , Argentina
  • 大头丽脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大头丽脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大頭麗脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Pikouyou , Oyampi (Wayapi) , French Guiana
  • Ixha , Palicur (Palikur) , French Guiana
  • Lambar´de rabo amarelo , Portuguese , Argentina
  • Lambari , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Lambari de rabo amarelo , Portuguese , Argentina
  • Lambarí-guaçú , Portuguese , Argentina
  • Lambari-guaçú , Portuguese , Argentina
  • Machadinha , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Matupiry , Portuguese , Argentina
  • Piaba chata , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Piaba da lagoa , Portuguese , Argentina
  • Piaba-rabo-amarelo , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Piava chata , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Lambari do rabo amarelo , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil
  • Matupiri , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil
  • Piaba , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil
  • Piaba do rabo amarelo , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil
  • Tambiú , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil
  • Sriba , Saramaccan , French Guiana
  • Wéei fisi , Saramaccan , French Guiana
  • Canivete , Spanish , Argentina
  • Mojarra , Spanish , Argentina
  • Mojarra piava , Spanish , Uruguay
  • Sardinita , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Elépatiyétchi , Wayana , French Guiana
  • Molok , Wayana , French Guiana

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Characiformes

    Family: Characidae

    Genus: Astyanax

    Species: Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • South America: Panama to the Amazon basin.

    • Biology

    Inhabits large free flowing clear rivers, small streams, drainage ditches and artificial ponds and impoundments (Ref. 11225). Feeds on zooplankton, detritus, higher plants and sometimes on the scales of fish. Gametogenesis takes place during the dry season in time for reproduction to begin during the rainy season (Ref. 12225). Reproduction could be carried out in captivity (Ref. 27188).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic