Back

Tucan Fish

Chalceus erythrurus

Classification

The tucan fish (Chalceus erythrurus), also called the yellowfin chalceus or sardinha, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Chalceidae. This fish is found in northern South America. Description The tucan fish has a pale-silver body, with bright-yellow ventral fins (hence its other common name); the rest of its fins are some mixture of yellow and red, usually with a reddish tail fin.

Distribution

(c) Andrew Butko, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 10