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Acestrorhynchus britskii
Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Acestrorhynchus britskii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, the freshwater barracudas.[2][3] It was described by Naércio Aquino de Menezes in 1969. It inhabits the São Francisco river in Brazil. It reaches a maximum standard length of 16.5 cm (6.5 in).[2]
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Heraldo A. Britski with the Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, in São Paulo, Brazil, who collected the type specimen.[4]
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