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Pristigasteridae
Amazon hatchet herring
Pristigaster cayana
Pristigasterid Fish of South American Waters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Deep-bodied
Compressed cross-section
SmallAmazon hatchet herring is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in estuaries and brackish water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Pristigasteridae
- Genus
- Pristigaster
- Maximum length
- 14.5 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon drainage (from perhaps mouth of Rio Branco at Goiaçu, Rio Solimões, Rio Juruá and as far as the Río Ucayali in Peru). (There are possibly two species, judging from specimens in the Museu de Zoológia, Sao Paulo).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
