| Amazon leaffish | |
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| Amazon leaffish in its usual head-down position | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Polycentridae |
| Genus: | Monocirrhus |
| Species: | M. polyacanthus
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| Binomial name | |
| Monocirrhus polyacanthus Heckel, 1840
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| Synonyms | |
The Amazon leaffish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus), or South American leaffish, is a species of fish belonging to the family Polycentridae. It is found in the Amazon basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela,[1][2] where it inhabits edges of rivers and lakes, and streams.[3] It is generally a low-density species that lives in slow-moving or essentially stagnant waters in areas with plant debris.[2][3]
Amazon leaffish are sometimes kept in aquariums, but they require acidic water, low light and live prey.[2]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Monocirrhus polyacanthus". FishBase. July 2018 version.
- ^ a b c "Monocirrhus polyacanthus". SeriouslyFish. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ a b Catarino, M.F.; J. Zuanon (2010). "Feeding ecology of the leaf fish Monocirrhus polyacanthus (Perciformes: Polycentridae) in a terra firme stream in the Brazilian Amazon". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 8 (1): 183–186. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252010000100022.