muckfish

Tarumania walkerae

Ambushes begin among flooded forest leaf litter

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

Tarumania is a genus of freshwater fish described in 2017. It contains a single species, Tarumania walkerae, and constitutes the only genus in the family Tarumaniidae. T. walkerae is a predatory species that hunts among the leaf litter on the bottom of flooded forests in the Rio Negro drainage basin.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Characins
Family: Tarumaniidae
Genus: Tarumania
Maximum length: 15.1 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: South America: Brazil.

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