Pike characin

Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro

Dientudo paraguayo

Family: Characidae
Order: Characiformes
Class: Actinopterygii
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Colonia Carlos Pellegrini

Description

Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro, known commonly as the pike characin, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, the freshwater barracudas. It was described by Naércio Aquino de Menezes in 1992. It inhabits the La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Mamoré Rivers. It reaches a maximum total length of , and a maximum weight of .

A. pantaneiro feeds on bony fish. It is harvested by commercial fisheries.

Source: Wikipedia, article Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 15/07/2026.

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17/11/2013

Argentina

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En el pueblo a orilla de la laguna, Colonia Carlos Pellegrini

Sebastián Rozadilla