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Giant hatchetfish (Thoracocharax securis)
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Ecological Illustration of Giant hatchetfish (Thoracocharax securis)
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Gasteropelecidae

Giant hatchetfish

Thoracocharax securis

Gasteropelecid Fish Reaching Six Point Eight Centimeters

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Giant hatchetfish is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Characins
Family
Gasteropelecidae
Genus
Thoracocharax
Water type
Freshwater
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