Description

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Bifurcated canals of the lateral line scales; 52 scale rows between the lateral line and base of the dorsal fin; and 31-35 scale rows between the lateral line and the base of the anal fin (Ref. 52916).

Common Names

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Peixe cachorro , Creole, Portuguese , Brazil

Ueua , Creole, Portuguese , Brazil

异鳞狼牙脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

異鱗狼牙脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Dientón , Spanish , Ecuador

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Acestrorhynchidae

Genus: Acestrorhynchus

Species: Acestrorhynchus heterolepis (Cope, 1878)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Also found in Rio Negro basin (Ref. 52916).

Biology

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Inhabits clear and black-water rivers (Ref. 52916). Feeds on fishes (Ref. 598).

Habitat

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benthopelagic