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Acestrorhynchus falcatus

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Species of fish

Acestrorhynchus falcatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhynchidae
Genus: Acestrorhynchus
Species: A. falcatus
Binomial name
Acestrorhynchus falcatus
(Bloch, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Salmo pulverulentus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Salmo falcatus Bloch, 1794
  • Xiphorhamphus ferox Günther, 1863

Acestrorhynchus falcatus is a species of fish in the family Acestrorhynchidae. It was described by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1794, originally under the genus Salmo. It inhabits the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers in the regions of Suriname, Guyana, and French Guiana. It reaches a maximum total length of 30 cm (12 in), and a maximum weight of 255 g (9.0 oz).

Acestrorhynchus falcatus feeds on finfish. It is of minor interest to commercial fisheries.

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Acestrorhynchus falcatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acestrorhynchus falcatus". FishBase. July 2019 version.
  3. Food items reported for Acestrorhynchus falcatus at www.fishbase.org.

Taxon identifiers
Acestrorhynchus falcatus


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  1. Hoshino, Maria Danielle Figueiredo Guimarães; Neves, Lígia Rigôr; Tavares-Dias, Marcos (2016). "Parasite communities of the predatory fish, Acestrorhynchus falcatus and Acestrorhynchus falcirostris, living in sympatry in Brazilian Amazon". Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária. 25 (2): 207–216. doi:10.1590/S1984-29612016038. PMID 27334822.
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