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Acestrorhynchus minimus in Brazil

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Acestrorhynchus minimus   Menezes, 1969
Family:	Acestrorhynchidae (Smallscale pike characins)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Characiformes  (characins)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	6.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 27925)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:
Resilience:
Distribution:	South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins.
Diagnosis:	Differs from A. grandoculis and A. microlepis for lack of a small, dark spot behind the opercle. Scales on lateral line 74-85; scale rows between the lateral line and the dorsal fin 12-14. Distinguishable from the remaining Venezuelan congeners, except A. nasutus, by its small size up to 9.15 cm SL and by the presence of a narrow, dark line that extends from behind the opercle to about two thirds of the body length (Ref. 52916).
Biology:
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Géry, J.. 1977. (Ref. 598)
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Brazil country information
Common names:	Cachorrinho, Ueua		Ref:  Menezes, N.A., 2003
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Type locality, Lago Jacaré, Rio Trombetas, Amazon R. basin, DZSP 4608 (holotype of A. minimus, 6.3 cm TL) (Ref. 27925).
States/Provinces:
States/Provinces Complete?:	No
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/br.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Oyakawa, O.T., 1998
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