Monocirrhus polyacanthus

Monocirrhus polyacanthus
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Polycentridae
Genus:	Monocirrhus Heckel, 1840
Species:	M. polyacanthus
Binomial name
Monocirrhus polyacanthus Heckel, 1840

Monocirrhus polyacanthus, also known as the Amazon leaffish is a species of fish belonging to the Polycentridae family. It inhabits the often brackish waters, both clear and turbid, of Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela in the Amazon River basin. It reaches a maximum length of 8.0 centimetres (3.1 in).^[1]

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