Scientific Name: Triportheus angulatus

Fun fact: Their shape is an adaption for living near the water surface where they find most of their food.

Region: Found in South America, including Trinidad, ranging from the Rio de la Plata basin to the basins of the Orinoco and Magdalena.

Image Credit: Samantha Sherry

Sources: Goulding, M (1980). The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural History. University of California Press. pp. 131–152. ISBN 0-520-04131-3.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). “Species in genus Triportheus“. FishBase. October 2017 version.