Description

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Common Names

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Peixe cachorro , Creole, Portuguese , Brazil

Ueua , Creole, Portuguese , Brazil

湖沼狼牙脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

湖沼狼牙脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Peixe cadela , Portuguese , Brazil

Peixe-cadela , Portuguese , Brazil

Bicuda , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Dientón , Spanish , Ecuador

Dientudo , Spanish , Argentina

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Acestrorhynchidae

Genus: Acestrorhynchus

Species: Acestrorhynchus lacustris (Lütken, 1875)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: São Francisco and upper Paraná River basins.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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benthopelagic