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Atherinopsidae
Basilichthys semotilus
Basilichthys semotilus
Fish Reaching Three Point Two Centimeters in South American Waters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Pacific Ocean
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallBasilichthys semotilus is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Silversides
- Family
- Atherinopsidae
- Genus
- Basilichthys
- Maximum length
- 3.2 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: rivers on Pacific slope of Peruvian Andes, from Río Reque, Lambayegue to Río Sàmà, Tacna, Peru.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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