Acestrorhynchus maculipinna

Acestrorhynchus maculipinna is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, the freshwater barracudas.^[2] It was described by Naércio Aquino de Menezes and Jacques Géry in 1983. It inhabits the Amazon River. It reaches a maximum standard length of 7.9 cm (3.1 in).^[2]

Acestrorhynchus maculipinna
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhynchidae
Genus:	Acestrorhynchus
Species:	A. maculipinna
Binomial name
Acestrorhynchus maculipinna Menezes & Géry, 1983

A. maculipinna is currently ranked as Data Deficient by the IUCN redlist, owing to postulation that the species is not at great risk of being threatened, due to a lack of fishing in large areas of its region, and the apparent robust health of its environment.^[1]