''Acestrorhynchus lacustris'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...
in the family
Acestrorhynchidae.
It was described by
Christian Frederik Lütken in 1875, originally under the genus ''
Xiphorhamphus''.
It inhabits the
São Francisco and
Paraná River. It reaches a maximum
standard length of .
''A. lacustris'' spawns between July–March.
Spawning for ''Acestrorhynchus lacustris''
at www.fishbase.org.
References
Acestrorhynchidae
Taxa named by Christian Frederik Lütken
Fish described in 1875
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