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Acestrocephalus is a genus of characins from South America, with eight currently described species:

• Acestrocephalus acutus Menezes, 2006
• Acestrocephalus anomalus (Steindachner, 1880)
• Acestrocephalus boehlkei Menezes, 1977
• Acestrocephalus maculosus Menezes, 2006
• Acestrocephalus nigrifasciatus Menezes, 2006
• Acestrocephalus pallidus Menezes, 2006
• Acestrocephalus sardina (Fowler, 1913)
• Acestrocephalus stigmatus Menezes, 2006

Acestrocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Characinae
Genus:	Acestrocephalus C. H. Eigenmann, 1910

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Acestrocephalus in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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