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Abramites
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Abramites

Abramites is a genus of headstanders that occurs in South America. Both species swim in a head down position, due to their feeding habits in the wild.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Marbled Headstander

speciesAbramites hypselonotus

Cinnamon Headstander

speciesAbramites eques

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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 84419.