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Curimatidae
Potamorhina altamazonica
Potamorhina altamazonica
Twenty Seven Centimeters Curimatid Fish from South American Waters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumPotamorhina altamazonica is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Curimatidae
- Genus
- Potamorhina
- Maximum length
- 27 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Introduced into northeastern Brazil.
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