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Poeciliidae
speckled mosquitofish
Phalloceros caudimaculatus
Three Point Five Centimeters Poeciliid Fish of South American Waters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Smallspeckled mosquitofish is a freshwater fish found around South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 3.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Genus
- Phalloceros
- Maximum length
- 3.5 cm
- Distribution
- South America: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil southward to Uruguay and Argentina (Ref. 9086 ). Introduced mainly for mosquito control (Ref. 1739 ). At least one country reports adverse ecological impact after introduction.
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