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| Scientific Name | Oxyropsis acutirostra Miranda-Ribeiro, 1951 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Paricachoeira, Rio Taquié, trib. of the Rio Vaupes, which is a trib. of the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Hypoptopoma acutirostre, Hypoptopoma acutirostris, Oxyropsis acutirostris |
| Etymology | (Greek)Oxy=Sharp + (Greek)oura=tail + (Greek)opsis=similar to. This specific epithet refers to its pointed(acutus=pointed, sharp) nose(rostrum=nose, snout). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 57mm (2.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Orinoco and Negro River basins. Orinoco  (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) , Negro (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Temperature | 25.0-28.0°C or 77-82.4°F (Show others within this range) |
| Other Parameters | Requires highly oxygenated water. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Primarily feeds on vegetable matter but appreciates dry foods and tablets as well as live and frozen daphnia and cyclops. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Bol. Mus. Nac. Zool. (N. S.) No. 104 1 Pls. 1-3 (figs. 2, 2, 2) |
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| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2010 Mar 01 23:41 (species record created: 2006 Mar 15 00:00) |
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