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Acestrorhynchus nasutus in Guyana

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Acestrorhynchus nasutus   Eigenmann, 1912
Family:	Acestrorhynchidae (Smallscale pike characins)			picture (Acnas_u1.jpg) by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv
Order:	Characiformes  (characins)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	6.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 38248)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
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Resilience:
Distribution:	South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins and rivers of Guyana.
Diagnosis:	A dark, longitudinal band extending from the tip of the snout through the base of the caudal fin; and snout long 42.8-48.0% HL, which distinguishes this species from all its congeners except some juvenile specimens of A. microlepis and A. falcatus (Ref. 52916).
Biology:
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Menezes, N.A.. 2003. (Ref. 38248)
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Guyana country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Géry, J., 1977
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the Essequibo River at Rockstone (Ref. 52916). Also Ref. 598.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gy.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.sdnp.org.gy/minagri/mofc&l/Fisheries/fisheries_department.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	López-Fernández, H. and K.O. Winemiller, 2003
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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