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Abramites Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Abramites hypselonotus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Anostomidae
Genus:	Abramites Fowler, 1906

Abramites is a genus of headstanders that occurs in South America. Both species swim in a head down position, due to their feeding habits in the wild.

Species

Species	Common name	Adult Size	Image
Abramites eques (Steindachner, 1878)		15 cm (5.9 in)
Abramites hypselonotus (Günther, 1868)	Marbled headstander	14 cm (5.5 in)

References

• Headstanders of the Neotropical Anostomid genus Abramites (Pisces: Characiformes: Anostomidae) by Richard P. Vari and Ann M. Williams Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:164-172 (1987)i. Vol. 100. 1987.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Abramites". FishBase. October 2011 version.

1. "Abramites (Genus)". Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
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