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Cichlidae
Krauss' Basketmouth
Caquetaia kraussii
Fish Reaching Twenty Six Centimeters in the Orinoco Basin
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Deep-bodied
MediumKrauss' Basketmouth is a freshwater fish of South America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 26 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Caquetaia
- Maximum length
- 26 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- South America: Atrato, Cauca and Magdalena River basins and Lake Maracaibo basin in Colombia. Introduced in the Orinoco River drainage in Venezuela.
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