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Polycentridae
Amazon leaffish
Monocirrhus polyacanthus
Body shape and color like leaves
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallAmazon leaffish is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Polycentridae
- Genus
- Monocirrhus
- Maximum length
- 8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon River basin in Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Columbia, and Venezuela.
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