Description

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Common Names

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Pirá bicicleta , Guarani , Argentina

Jorumanha , Portuguese , Argentina

Palmitinho , Portuguese , Brazil

Buzo , Spanish , Argentina

Hocicón , Spanish , Argentina

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Auchenipteridae

Genus: Auchenipterus

Species: Auchenipterus osteomystax (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: La Plata River basin, Tocantins River, and several rivers of lower Amazon River basin.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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benthopelagic