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Caudo

Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Hensel, 1868)

Status not recordedbony fish

The caudo (Phalloceros caudimaculatus) is a species in the family Poeciliidae, order Cyprinodontiformes.

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Quick facts about the caudo

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the caudo live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the caudo as introduced in 5 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Indonesiainvasive
  2. Australia
  3. Brazil
  4. Malawi
  5. New Zealand

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the caudo endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the caudo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCyprinodontiformes
  5. familyPoeciliidae
  6. genusPhalloceros
  7. SpeciesPhalloceros caudimaculatus (Hensel, 1868)

Synonyms Girardinus caudimaculatus, Glaridodon januarius, Phalloceros caudimaculatus caudimaculatus, Phalloceros caudimaculatus reticulatus, Phalloceros caudomaculatus, Phalloceros caudomaculatus var. reticulata

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • Dusky millions fishEnglish
  • One-spot livebearerEnglish
  • Speckled mosquitofishEnglish
  • Spottail mosquitofishEnglish
  • Spotted livebearerEnglish
  • Kolstert-muskietvisAfrikaans
  • říčanka jednoskvrnnáCzech
  • KaudiDanish
  • Gefleckter KaudiGerman
  • MadrecitaSpanish
  • Harilik kaudiEstonian
  • PilkkukalaFinnish
  • PikíGuarani
  • Zyworodka jednoplamkaPolish
  • GuaruPortuguese
  • Уругвайский фалоцерRussian
  • Fleckenloser KaudiGerman
  • VielfleckkärpflingGerman
  • Madrecita de una manchaSpanish
  • BarrigudinhoPortuguese
  • Barrigudinho-de-cauda-pintadaPortuguese
  • Guarú-guarúPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the caudo

Other species in the same genus Phalloceros.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the caudo an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the caudo as invasive in 1 country: Indonesia. It lists it as introduced in 5 in all.

What kind of animal is the caudo?

The caudo (Phalloceros caudimaculatus) belongs to the family Poeciliidae in the order Cyprinodontiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Caudo (Phalloceros caudimaculatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/caudo

MLA

“Caudo (Phalloceros caudimaculatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/caudo.

BibTeX
@misc{caudo_2026,
  title = {Caudo (Phalloceros caudimaculatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/caudo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}