Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Gasteropelecidae

Genus: Gasteropelecus

Species: Gasteropelecus levis (Eigenmann, 1909)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Feeds on worms, crustaceans and insects. Aquarium specimens reach 6.0 cm TL (Ref. 7020).

Habitat

pelagic