Description

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Common Names

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Peixe cachorro , Creole, Portuguese , Brazil

布氏狼牙脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

布氏狼牙脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Peixe caxorro , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Acestrorhynchidae

Genus: Acestrorhynchus

Species: Acestrorhynchus britskii Menezes, 1969

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Brazil in Rio São Francisco basin.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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benthopelagic