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Aphyocharax yekwanae
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Ecological Illustration of Aphyocharax yekwanae (Aphyocharax yekwanae)
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Characidae

Aphyocharax yekwanae

Aphyocharax yekwanae

Red spills from the anal fin into the forked tail

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Aphyocharax yekwanae is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Characins
Family
Characidae
Genus
Aphyocharax
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
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