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Heptapteridae
Chasmocranus longior
Chasmocranus longior
Seventeen Centimeters Heptapterid Fish from South American Waters
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumChasmocranus longior is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Heptapteridae
- Genus
- Chasmocranus
- Maximum length
- 17 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Coastal drainages from Guyana to Suriname, Negro, Orinoco and Xingu River basins.
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