Acestrorhynchidae

Red Tail Cachorro

Acestrorhynchus falcatus

Type species of its genus across the Amazon and Orinoco

• Red
• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Acestrorhynchus falcatus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, the freshwater barracudas. It was described by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1794, originally under the genus Salmo. It is the type species of the genus Acestrorhynchus.