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Silverscale Astyanax (Astyanax elachylepis)
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Ecological Illustration of Silverscale Astyanax (Astyanax elachylepis)
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Acestrorhamphidae

Silverscale Astyanax

Astyanax elachylepis

Acestrorhamphid Fish Reaching Four Point Nine Centimeters

  • Silver
  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Tropical fish

Silverscale Astyanax is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Characins
Family
Acestrorhamphidae
Genus
Astyanax
Water type
Freshwater
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