Bottle toothcarp

Tomeurus gracilis

Three Point Three Centimeters Carp from South American Waters

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

Bottle toothcarp is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in estuaries and brackish water, and records give a maximum length of 3.3 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Killifishes and Livebearers
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Tomeurus
Maximum length: 3.3 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: South America: small coastal drainages of the Venezuelan departments Delta Amacuro, Monagas, Territorio Federal and in Brazilian states of Amapá and Pará; Guamá and Tocantins River basins; Cuyuni, Mazaruni, Essequibo and Corantijn River basins.

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