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Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro in Brazil

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Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro   Menezes, 1992
Family:	Acestrorhynchidae (Smallscale pike characins)			picture (Acpan_u0.jpg) by Sazima, I.
Order:	Characiformes  (characins)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	35.2 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 79585); max. published weight: 396 g (Ref. 79585)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:
Distribution:	South America: Paraguay, Paraná, Uruguay, La Plata, and Mamoré River basins.
Biology:	Feeds on fish (Ref. 79585)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Oyakawa, O.T.. 1998. (Ref. 27925)
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Brazil country information
Common names:	Peixe-cachorro, Dourado-cachorro, Peixe cachorro		Ref:  Menezes, N.A., 2003
Status:	native		Ref:  Zaniboni Filho, E., S. Meurer, O.A. Shibatta and A.P. de Oliverira Nuñer, 2004
Salinity:	freshwater
Importance:	commercial		Ref:  Zaniboni Filho, E., S. Meurer, O.A. Shibatta and A.P. de Oliverira Nuñer, 2004
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the Uruguay River (Ref. 79585). Museum: Rio Cuiabá, Volta Grande, Município de Santo Antônio do Leverger, Mato Grosso, MZUSP 40256 (holotype of A. pantaneiro, 14.5 cm SL) (Ref. 27925). Also Ref. 38248.
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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	Checked:  Menezes, Naercio A.	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Capuli, Estelita Emily

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