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Characidium laterale

Status not recordedbony fish

Characidium laterale is a species in the family Crenuchidae, order Characiformes.

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Quick facts about Characidium laterale

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 Characidium laterale live?

Not recorded

Is Characidium laterale 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 Characidium laterale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCharaciformes
  5. familyCrenuchidae
  6. genusCharacidium
  7. SpeciesCharacidium laterale (Boulenger, 1895)

Synonyms Characidium lateralis, Nannostomus lateralis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • characidie paraguayskáCzech
  • PiquiraPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Characidium laterale

Other species in the same genus Characidium.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Characidium laterale?

Characidium laterale (Characidium laterale) belongs to the family Crenuchidae in the order Characiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Characidium laterale (Characidium laterale). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/characidium-laterale

MLA

“Characidium laterale (Characidium laterale).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/characidium-laterale.

BibTeX
@misc{characidium_laterale_2026,
  title = {Characidium laterale (Characidium laterale)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/characidium-laterale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}