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  • Acestridium gymnogasterLateral view
  • Acestridium gymnogasterDorsal view
  • Acestridium gymnogasterVentral view
  • Acestridium gymnogaster
  • Acestridium gymnogaster
  • Acestridium gymnogasterClose-up of head
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Scientific Name Acestridium gymnogaster    Reis & Lehmann A., 2009
Common Names Light Green Whiptail
Lysegrøn Grenmalle (Denmark)
Type Locality Rio Traira, ca. 33 kilometers east of Rio Madeira onTrans-Amazon road, 7°35'33"S, 62°44'45"W, Município de Humaltá, Amazonas, Brazil.
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Size 62mm or 2.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Acestridium was diagnosed by Schaefer (1991) based on the following characters: ten principal caudal-fin rays; plates at anterior snout margin forming conspicuous spatulate projection; head and body very slender, depressed; dorsal surface of head and trunk with longitudinal ridges; dorsal fin placed posteriorly, well beyond pelvic fin and just anterior to anal-fin origin; adipose fin absent; dermal plates anterior to first dorsal-fin proximal radial expanded, bearing ventromedial keel contacting the dorsal margin of the neural arches of the vertebrae six through twelve; and ridge of bone on the ventral surface of the lateral ethmoid contacting the metapterygoid channel reflected mesially.
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Distribution South America: Rio Madeira basin in Brazil.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Data Deficient
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
Down Further Information
Reference Copeia 2009 (no. 3), pp 446, Figs. 1, 5C.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:12 (species record created: 2009 Sep 10 13:54)