This lifeform is found in Brazil.

Striped Leporinus (Leporinus fasciatus) is found widely in South America from the Guyanas south to Paraguay. There are several subspecies including L. fasciatus affinis whose stripes encircle the fish and L. fasciatus fasciatus whose black stripes are only on the sides and top of the fish and not on the lower sides. This fish can be 10 or 11 inches in length. It is frequently found in large zoo aquariums.

Characins, Family Characidae, is a family of freshwater fish that contains the Tetras, Piranhas, and many fish that are frequently kept as tropical aquarium fish.

Order Cypriniformes contains the majority of the world's  freshwater species of fish. Included in this order are the  minnows, carp, and many other groups of fish.

Bony fish, Class Teleostomi, are a class of chordates that  include the majority of fish-like animals found on earth. They  are characterized by a bony jaw and a bony skeleton. They are  found in both fresh and marine waters.

Backboned Animals (Phylum Chordata) are the most advanced group of animals on earth. These animals are characterized by having a spinal cord or backbone. Most members have a clearly defined brain that controls the organism through a spinal cord. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are in this phylum.

Currently, some taxonomists believe that the fish should be divided into two groups (sharks and regular fishes) and that there are some other primitive groups in the phylum such as hagfish or lampreys.

Animal Kingdom contains numerous organisms that feed on other animals or plants. Included in the animal kingdom are the lower marine invertebrates such as sponges and corals, the jointed legged animals such as insects and spiders, and the backboned animals such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.