| Phalloceros ocellatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. ocellatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros ocellatus Lucinda, 2008
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Phalloceros ocellatus, the Prado toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil. 1
Distribution
Phalloceros ocellatus is found in the coastal drainages between Prado and Sooretama in Brazil.2
Size
The females of the species grow to a total length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in), while males remain smaller at 1.9 centimetres (0.75 in). .2
Habitat
The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic. 2
Etymology
The fish is named in Latin = meaning with little eyes, referring to eye-like spot, the "ocellus" on sides. 3
References
References
- Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phalloceros ocellatus". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 February 2025.