Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 18 - 20.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Alestidae

Genus: Hemigrammopetersius

Species: Hemigrammopetersius barnardi (Herre, 1936)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Shoals in marginal vegetation of rivers and lakes (Ref. 52193). Feeds on small insects and invertebrates (Ref. 7248, 52193).

Habitat

pelagic