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Acestrorhynchus falcirostris (Cuvier, 1819)

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Venezuela country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Comments: Common in clear and black waters of the Ilanos and upper Orinoco-Rio Negro drainages (Ref. 52916). Known from the main stem of the Orinoco in its upper and middle reaches, as well as the Rio Casiquiare; also recorded from small black or clear-water tributaries of the lower Orinoco near Rio Cuchivero (Ref. 52916). In the Ilanos, it occurs from the Capanaparo and Cinaruco rivers and Rio Aguaro and its tributaries (Ref. 52916). Also Ref. 598.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: López-Fernández, H. and K.O. Winemiller, 2003
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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 author: Cuvier.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 5.2 - 7.2; dH range: 5 - 18.   Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060)

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