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Galeocharax
Galeocharax is a genus of characins from the Río de la Plata and Amazon basins in South America. They reach up to 30.5 cm (1 ft) in length and mainly feed on other fish, but also take crustaceans and insects.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Galeocharax humeralis
speciesGaleocharax humeralis
Galeocharax gulo
speciesGaleocharax gulo
Galeocharax goeldii
speciesGaleocharax goeldii
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 88438.