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Sharptooth tetra (Micralestes acutidens)
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Ecological Illustration of Sharptooth tetra (Micralestes acutidens)
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Alestidae

Sharptooth tetra

Micralestes acutidens

Nine Centimeters Alestid Fish from the Zambezi Basin

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Africa
  • Fusiform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Sharptooth tetra is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 9 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Characins
Family
Alestidae
Genus
Micralestes
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
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