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Curimatidae
Carp headstander
Cyphocharax magdalenae
Twenty Seven Centimeters Carp from the Pacific Ocean
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
MediumCarp headstander is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 27 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Curimatidae
- Genus
- Cyphocharax
- Maximum length
- 27 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- South America: Magdalena and Atrato River basins, rivers of Pacific versant of Panama, and southwestern Costa Rica.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
