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Callichthyidae
Cascarudo
Callichthys callichthys
Armored bodies spanning rivers east of the Andes
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumCascarudo is a freshwater fish of South America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 21 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Callichthyidae
- Genus
- Callichthys
- Maximum length
- 21 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- South America: Most Cis-Andean South American river drainages north of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Class
Family
