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Cachorros
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Cachorros

Acestrorhynchus

Acestrorhynchus ("needle jaw" ) is a genus of 14 species of characiform fish found only in fresh water in South America, the sole genus in the family Acestrorhynchidae. Their greatest diversity is in the Orinoco and Amazon basins.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species

Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro

speciesAcestrorhynchus pantaneiro

Red Tail Cachorro

speciesAcestrorhynchus falcatus

Yellow Tail Cachorro

speciesAcestrorhynchus microlepis

Big-eyed Cachorro

speciesAcestrorhynchus falcirostris

Acestrorhynchus heterolepis

speciesAcestrorhynchus heterolepis

Acestrorhynchus lacustris

speciesAcestrorhynchus lacustris

Acestrorhynchus altus

speciesAcestrorhynchus altus

Acestrorhynchus abbreviatus

speciesAcestrorhynchus abbreviatus

Acestrorhynchus grandoculis

speciesAcestrorhynchus grandoculis

Acestrorhynchus nasutus

speciesAcestrorhynchus nasutus

Acestrorhynchus isalineae

speciesAcestrorhynchus isalineae

Acestrorhynchus minimus

speciesAcestrorhynchus minimus

Acestrorhynchus britskii

speciesAcestrorhynchus britskii

Acestrorhynchus maculipinna

speciesAcestrorhynchus maculipinna

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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 86207.