Description

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Common Names

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Brasenbundkigger , Danish , Denmark

Headstander , English , Australia

Headstander , English , Peru

Headstander , English , USA

High-backed headstander , English , USA

Highbacked headstander , English , USA

Marbled headstander , English , USA

Seepraseisojakala , Finnish , Finland

Seepraseisojatetra , Finnish , Finland

Brachsensalmler , German , Germany

Schöner Brachsensalmler , German , Germany

小头扁脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

小頭扁脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

扁脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

扁脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Piau-pedra , Portuguese , Brazil

Piau-tambaqui , Portuguese , Brazil

Abramites , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Sardinha cará , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Cará , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Abramites , Spanish , Peru

Jikii , Spanish , Argentina

Lisa abramites , Spanish , Peru

Per-dofolha , Spanish , Paraguay

Picúo , Spanish , Venezuela

San Pedrito , Spanish , Peru

Sardina , Spanish , Ecuador

Braxentetra , Swedish , Sweden

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Anostomidae

Genus: Abramites

Species: Abramites hypselonotus (Günther, 1868)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Orinoco, Amazon, Paraguay, and lower Paraná River basins.

Biology

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Adults feed on worms, crustaceans, insects and plant matter (Ref. 7020). Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205). Consumed locally (Ref. 42843).

Habitat

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pelagic