| Phalloceros titthos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. titthos
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros titthos Lucinda, 2008
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Phalloceros titthos, the breast toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil. 1
Distribution
Phalloceros titthos is found in the coastal drainages flowing into the Baia de Guaratuba and the Baia de Paranaguá in Paraná, Brazil. 2
Size
The females of this species grow to a total length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in), while males remain smaller at 2.6 centimetres (1.0 in). .2
Habitat
The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic. 2
Etymology
The fish is named in Greek for a woman's breast or animal's teat, referring to the small papillae at the mandibular symphysis of large adult females.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 titthos". 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.