Description

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Common Names

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Peixe cachorro , Creole, Portuguese , Brazil

Pike characin , English , Uruguay

Pirá yobua , Guarani , Argentina

巴西狼牙脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

巴西狼牙脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Dientudo dourado , Portuguese , Argentina

Dourado-cachorro , Portuguese , Brazil

Peixe-cachorro , Portuguese , Argentina

Peixe-cachorro , Portuguese , Brazil

Dientudo , Spanish , Argentina

Dientudo dorado , Spanish , Argentina

Dientudo paraguayo , Spanish , Argentina

Dientudo paraguayo , Spanish , Uruguay

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Acestrorhynchidae

Genus: Acestrorhynchus

Species: Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro Menezes, 1992

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Paraguay, Paraná, Uruguay, La Plata, and Mamoré River basins.

Biology

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Feeds on fish (Ref. 79585).

Habitat

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benthopelagic