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Latin Astyanax
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Latin Astyanax

Astyanax abramis

Astyanax abramis is a small freshwater fish from the inland rivers of South America. It is plentiful in almost the entire continent, with a habitat including the La Plata, upper Amazon, and Meta River basins. The body shape is subrhomboidal (somewhat rhomboidal) and laterally compressed, and the scales are largely silver, with a blue or green tint on the dorsal side.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 610124.