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Chilodidae
Orinoco Headstander
Caenotropus mestomorgmatos
Chilodid Fish beneath the Amazon Basin
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumOrinoco Headstander is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 19.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Chilodidae
- Genus
- Caenotropus
- Maximum length
- 19.2 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: upper portions of the Orinoco River and the upper portions of the Negro River basin.
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