Spotted hatchetfish
Gasteropelecus maculatus
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A hatchetfish from eastern Panama and western Colombia. It eats small crustaceans and insect larvae. It reaches about 6 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Gasteropelecus maculatus
- Family
- Gasteropelecidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Gasteropelecidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Thoracocharax brevis, Thoracocharax maculatus, Thoracocharax maculatus magdalenae, Thoracocharax magdalenae
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul, América do Norte
Water
- Temperature
- 22–28 °C
- pH
- 6–7
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6.4 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Omnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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