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Scientific Name	**Abramites hypselonotus** (Günther, 1868)
Common Names	Marbled Headstander Brachsensalmler (Germany), Braxentetra (Sweden)
Type Locality	Xeberos, upper Amazon, Peru.
Synonym(s)	Abramites hypselonotus hypselonotus, Abramites hypselonotus ternetzi, Abramites microcephalus, Abramites solarii, Abramites ternetzi, Leporinus hypselonotus, Leporinus nigripinnis, Leporinus salarii, Leporinus solarii
Species Information
Size	140mm or 5.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Orinoco, Amazon, Paraguay, and lower Paraná River basins. Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Lower Paraná (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
pH	6.0 - 7.5
Temperature	23.0-27.0°C or 73.4-80.6°F (Show species within this range)
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 1 (no. 6) (art. 56), pp 480.
Registered Keepers	There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my fish" data.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:52 (species record created: 2011 Nov 23 14:43)