Brazil country information

Common names: Peixe cachorro, Ueua
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Museum: mouth of Rio Urubaxi, Rio Negro, Amazonas, MZUSP 25863 (holotype, 10 cm SL) (Ref. 27925). Rio Negro: Arirará , MZUSP 25977; Mararuiá, MZUSP 25887; Rio Mararuiá, MZUSP 25912 - 25916; Paraná do Jacaré, MZUSP 25917; Massarabi, MZUSP 25931 (Ref. 27925).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Oyakawa, O.T., 1998
National Database:

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亚马孙河狼牙脂鲤, 亞馬遜河狼牙脂鯉, Peixe cachorro, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Acestrorhynchidae (Smallscale pike characins) > Acestrorhynchinae
Etymology: Acestrorhynchus: Greek, agkistron = hook + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Menezes & Géry.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Acestrorhynchus grandoculis Menezes & Géry, 1983

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology