Description

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Common Names

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Cachorrinho , Creole, Portuguese , Brazil

Ueua , Creole, Portuguese , Brazil

短狼牙脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

短狼牙脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Acestrorhynchidae

Genus: Acestrorhynchus

Species: Acestrorhynchus abbreviatus (Cope, 1878)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Upper Amazon and Rio Madeira basins.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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benthopelagic