Gasteropelecus maculatus
Appearance
Gasteropelecus maculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Gasteropelecidae |
Genus: | Gasteropelecus |
Species: | G. maculatus
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Binomial name | |
Gasteropelecus maculatus Steindachner, 1879
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Gasteropelecus maculatus or spotted hatchetfish is a freshwater pelagic fish found in Central and South America from eastern Panama through western Colombia. It growth up to 6.4 cm and feeds on small crustaceans, larvae and mosquitoes.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Spotted hatchet". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Gasteropelecus maculatus in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Media related to Gasteropelecus maculatus at Wikimedia Commons