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Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Spottail mosquitofish; Speckled mosquitofish; One-spot livebearer; Dusky millions fish; spotted livebearer)

Synonyms: Girardinus caudimaculatus; Phalloceros caudimaculatus caudimaculatus; Phalloceros caudimaculatus reticulatus; Phalloceros caudomaculatus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The speckled mosquitofish or the one-spot livebearer (Phalloceros caudimaculatus) is a species of fish native eastern and southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. It has also been introduced to Australia, Malawi and New Zealand; primarily for mosquito control, but also as escapees from the aquarium trade. It has been reported as having adverse ecological effects in areas where it has been introduced. The females of this species grow to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.
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Infraspecies

Phalloceros caudomaculatus var. caudomaculatus

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Phalloceros caudimaculatus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ybycu'í National Park II 13915 Paraguay  

Predators

Crenicichla britskii (Pike cichlid)[1]
Oligosarcus hepsetus (Pike characin)[2]
Thamnodynastes strigatus (Coastal House Snake)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Feeding of Oligosarcus hepsetus (Cuvier, 1829) (Characiformes) in the Serra do Mar State Park - Santa Virgínia Unit, São Paulo, Brazil, Botelho, MLLA., Gomiero, LM. and Braga, FMS., Braz. J. Biol., 67(4): 741-748, 2007
♦ 3Dieta de Thamnodynastes strigatus (Serpentes, Colubridae) no sul do Brasil, Raquel Ruffato, Marcos Di-Bernardo e Gleomar Fabiano Maschio, Phyllomedusa 2(1):27-34, 2003
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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: CC BY 4.0