Acestrorhynchus heterolepis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Acestrorhynchidae
- Genus
- Acestrorhynchus
- Species
- Acestrorhynchus heterolepis
- Scientific Name
- Acestrorhynchus heterolepis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Acestrorhynchus heterolepis
Acestrorhynchus heterolepis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, the freshwater barracudas. It was described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1878, originally under the genus Xiphorhamphus. It inhabits the Amazon, Negro and Orinoco Rivers. It reaches a maximum standard length of 40.8 cm (16.1 in).
A. heterolepis feeds on bony fish.
...Acestrorhynchus heterolepis in languages:
- Czech
- tetra různošupinná
- Portuguese
- Peixe cachorro
- Portuguese
- Ueua
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acestrorhynchus abbreviatus
- Acestrorhynchus altus
- Acestrorhynchus britskii
- Acestrorhynchus falcatus
- Acestrorhynchus falcirostris
- Acestrorhynchus grandoculis
- Acestrorhynchus heterolepis
- Acestrorhynchus isalineae
- Acestrorhynchus lacustris
- Acestrorhynchus maculipinna
- Acestrorhynchus microlepis
- Acestrorhynchus minimus
- Acestrorhynchus nasutus
- Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro