Distichodontidae

Grass-eater

Distichodus rostratus

Distichodontid Fish from the Nile Basin

• Tropical
• Coastal
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Large
• Tropical fish

Grass-eater is a freshwater fish of Africa. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 76 cm.