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Auchenipteridae
Epapterus dispilurus
Epapterus dispilurus
Auchenipterid Fish from the Amazon Basin
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumEpapterus dispilurus is a freshwater fish found around South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 15.4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Auchenipteridae
- Genus
- Epapterus
- Maximum length
- 15.4 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- South America: Central and western parts of the Amazon basin along and south of the main channel of Amazon River, and Paraguay River basin in Paraguay, northern Argentina and southern Brazil.
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