Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Gasteropelecidae

Genus: Gasteropelecus

Species: Gasteropelecus maculatus Steindachner, 1879

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Feeds on small crustaceans, larvae and mosquitoes (Ref. 26543). Aquarium specimens reach 9.0 cm TL (Ref. 1672).

Habitat

pelagic