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Sternopygidae
Sternopygus astrabes
Sternopygus astrabes
Sternopygid Fish in the Orinoco Basin
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumSternopygus astrabes is a freshwater fish found around South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 23.3 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sternopygidae
- Genus
- Sternopygus
- Maximum length
- 23.3 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Orinoco, Casiquiare, and Negro River basins.
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