Dwarf hatchetfish (Carnegiella schereri)

Scientific name: Carnegiella schereri Fern?ndez-Y?pez, 1950

Dwarf hatchetfish (Carnegiella schereri)

The Dwarf hatchetfish (Carnegiella schereri) is a freshwater fish of the family Gasteropelecidae. Native range: South America, Amazon River basin in Peru and Brazil.

Species facts

Scientific name
Carnegiella schereri
Family
Gasteropelecidae (Freshwater hatchetfishes)
Order
Characiformes (Characins)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
2.6
Environment
Freshwater; pelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
South America: Amazon River basin in Peru and Brazil.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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