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Pike characin (Oligosarcus hepsetus)
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Pike characin (Oligosarcus hepsetus) specimen
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Acestrorhamphidae

Pike characin

Oligosarcus hepsetus

Trout from the Brazilian Coast

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Pike characin is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 32 cm.

Maximum length
32 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
South America: southeastern Brazil and the La Plata basin.

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