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Abramites
Abramites (Headstander)
Wikipedia Abstract
Abramites is a genus of headstanders that occurs in South America. Both species swim in a head down position, due to their feeding habits in the wild.
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Abramites
Species
Abramites eques
(Headstander)
Abramites hypselonotus
(
Marbled headstander
)
External References
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via
GBIF.org
on 2023-06-13; License:
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