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Callichthyidae
Spotted hoplo
Megalechis picta
Buried in Mud Until the First Rains
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumSpotted hoplo is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 17 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Callichthyidae
- Genus
- Megalechis
- Maximum length
- 17 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins, as well as coastal rivers of the Guianas and northern Brazil.
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