Acestrorhynchus lacustris

Acestrorhynchus lacustris is a species of fish in the family Acestrorhynchidae.[2] It was described by Christian Frederik Lütken in 1875, originally under the genus Xiphorhamphus.[1] It inhabits the São Francisco and Paraná River. It reaches a maximum standard length of 27 cm (11 in).[2]

Acestrorhynchus lacustris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhynchidae
Genus: Acestrorhynchus
Species:
A. lacustris
Binomial name
Acestrorhynchus lacustris
(Lütken, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Xiphorhamphus lacustris Lütken, 1875

A. lacustris spawns between July–March.[3]

References

  1. Synonyms of Acestrorhynchus lacustris at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Acestrorhynchus lacustris" in FishBase. July 2019 version.
  3. Spawning for Acestrorhynchus lacustris at www.fishbase.org.


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