Ammocryptocharax elegans

The Ammocryptocharax elegans lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater, pH range: 5.5 - 6.5, dH range: 4 - 8 environment.

Ammocryptocharax elegans, a new genus and species of riffle-inhabiting characoid fish (Teleostei: Characidae) from South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 89 (no. 26): 325-346. More

Ammocryptocharax elegans on Fish Mapper TSN 639916 (Taxonomic Serial Number) Retrieved on from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System online database. This is a cached copy. More

Common names

Puikkopohjatetra in Finnish (suomen kieli)
砂脂鯉 in Mandarin Chinese
砂脂鲤 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Characiformes
Family : Crenuchidae
Genus : Ammocryptocharax
Species : Ammocryptocharax elegans
Authority : Weitzman & Kanazawa,1976