Acestrorhynchus minimus Menezes, 1969
Acestrorhynchus minimus
photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Family:  Acestrorhynchidae (Smallscale pike characins), subfamily: Acestrorhynchinae
Max. size:  6.3 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins.
Diagnosis:  Differs from A. grandoculis and A. microlepis for lack of a small, dark spot behind the opercle. Scales on lateral line 74-85; scale rows between the lateral line and the dorsal fin 12-14. Distinguishable from the remaining Venezuelan congeners, except A. nasutus, by its small size up to 9.15 cm SL and by the presence of a narrow, dark line that extends from behind the opercle to about two thirds of the body length (Ref. 52916).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 February 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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