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Dorosomatidae
Amazon spinejaw sprat
Rhinosardinia amazonica
Eleven Centimeters Dorosomatid Fish of the Amazon Basin
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- South America
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
SmallAmazon spinejaw sprat is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Dorosomatidae
- Genus
- Rhinosardinia
- Maximum length
- 11 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- South America: lower reaches of the Orinoco, rivers of the Guianas, Amazon at Pará, but undoubtedly elsewhere in its lower part.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
