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Acestrorhynchidae (Smallscale pike characins) > Acestrorhynchinae
Etymology: Acestrorhynchus: Greek, agkistron = hook + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Menezes & Géry.
Issue
See Toledo-Piza & Menezes for diagnosis and distribution.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Negro, Orinoco, and Amazon River basins.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13661)
Presence of a minute, dark spot behind the operculum; scales on lateral line 77-87; scale rows between the lateral line and the base of the dorsal fin 16-17; large eye 31.1-38.6% HL; short snout 26.3-33.3% HL (Ref. 52916).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Taphorn, D., R. Royero, A. Machado-Allison and F. Mago Leccia, 1997. Lista actualizada de los peces de agua dulce de Venezuela. p.55-100. In E. La Marca (ed.) Catálogo zoológico de Venezuela. vol. 1. Vertebrados actuales y fosiles de Venezuela. Museo de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Mérida, Venezuela. (Ref. 28768)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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