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Tetranematichthys barthemi Peixoto & Wosiacki, 2010

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the lower Amazon, between the mouth of the rio Negro and the mouth of the rio Trombetas (Ref. 83952).
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Main Ref: Peixoto, L.A.W. and W.B. Wosiacki, 2010
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes) > Auchenipterinae
Etymology: Tetranematichthys: Greek, tetra = four + Greek, nema = filament + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335);  barthemi: Named for Ronaldo Borges Barthem, a researcher of the MPEG, for his contribution to the field of ichthyology, in particular to fisheries ecology in the Amazon..

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

Freshwater; brackish; demersal.   Tropical

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