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Acestrorhynchus falcatus (Bloch, 1794)

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    Acestrorhynchus falcatus
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French Guiana country information

Common names: Aikan, Aikane, Dagoe fisi
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Very abundant in the marshes of Kaw (Ref. 27188).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Acestrorhynchidae (Smallscale pike characins) > Acestrorhynchinae
Etymology: Acestrorhynchus: Greek, agkistron = hook + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

Issue
See Menezes, 1969:37 for detailed description. Photograph of the holotype of Salmo pulverulentus Linnaeus, 1758 examined.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range นิเวศวิทยา

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