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Iguanodectidae
Piabucus dentatus
Piabucus dentatus
Twelve Point Nine Centimeters Iguanodectid Fish of South American Waters
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Lower river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
SmallPiabucus dentatus is a freshwater fish of South America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 12.9 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Iguanodectidae
- Genus
- Piabucus
- Maximum length
- 12.9 cm
- Distribution
- South America: coastal drainages from Paría Gulf in Venezuela to south of the mouth of the Amazon river, including the lower Amazon basin. Erroneously cited from Peru by Eigenmann (1910).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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