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Gecko characin

Apareiodon agmatos Taphorn, López-Fernández & Bernard, 2008

Status not recordedbony fish

The gecko characin (Apareiodon agmatos) is a species in the family Parodontidae, order Characiformes.

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Quick facts about the gecko characin

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 gecko characin live?

Not recorded

Is the gecko characin 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 gecko characin classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCharaciformes
  5. familyParodontidae
  6. genusApareiodon
  7. SpeciesApareiodon agmatos Taphorn, López-Fernández & Bernard, 2008
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Broken-line ScrapetoothEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gecko characin

Other species in the same genus Apareiodon.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the gecko characin?

The gecko characin (Apareiodon agmatos) belongs to the family Parodontidae in the order Characiformes.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gecko characin (Apareiodon agmatos). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gecko-characin

MLA

“Gecko characin (Apareiodon agmatos).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gecko-characin.

BibTeX
@misc{gecko_characin_2026,
  title = {Gecko characin (Apareiodon agmatos)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gecko-characin},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}