Phalloceros aspilos

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Phalloceros aspilos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Phalloceros
Species:
P. aspilos
Binomial name
Phalloceros aspilos
Lucinda, 2008

Phalloceros aspilos, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil.[2]

Distribution

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Phalloceros aspilos is found in Brazil in the Rio Parati-Mirim, in Rio de Janeiro.[3]

The females of this species grow to a total length of 3.8 centimetres (1.5 in), while males remain smaller at 2.4 centimetres (0.94 in).[3]

Habitat

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The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are pelagic.[3]

Etymology

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The fishes name is from the Greek, aspilos meaning stainless, without spots, or spotless; meaning the absence of the lateral spot.[3]

References

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