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Chalceus
Chalceus is a genus of characins from South America, where found in a wide range of freshwater habitats in the Orinoco and Amazon Basins, as well as in the Guianas. They typically reach a length of 15–25 cm (6–10 in), but are up to about 30 cm (12 in), have an elongated shape, relatively large scales and red fins (at least tail). They feed on invertebrates (insect and alike), small fish and plant material.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Pink-tailed Chalceus
speciesChalceus macrolepidotus
Tucanfish
speciesChalceus erythrurus
Scarlettail Chalceus
speciesChalceus epakros
Guapore Chalceus
speciesChalceus guaporensis
Mirror-scale Chalceus
speciesChalceus spilogyros
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87344.