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Moenkhausia dasalmas Bertaco, Jerep & Carvalho, 2011

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Comments: Type locality, Goiás, Cavalcante, tributary of the rio das Almas about 8 km North of Cavalcante on GO 241 road, upper rio Tocantins basin, between Cavalcante and Minaçu, UFRGS 11221 (holotype of Moenkhausia dasalmas, 4.29 cm SL). Known from tributaries of the rio das Almas, rio Paranã drainage, upper rio Tocantins basin, in the Chapada dos Veadeiros region, Brazilian Cerrado, Goiás (Ref. 86678).
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Main Ref: Bertaco, V.A., F.C. Jerep and F.R. Carvalho, 2011
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Stethaprioninae
Etymology: dasalmas: Named for the place where the species is found, rio das Almas basin; noun in apposition..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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