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Moenkhausia plumbea Sousa, Netto-Ferreira & Birindelli, 2010

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality, Pará, Novo Progresso, tributary to rio Braço Norte, at bridge of BR 163 road near Air Force Base, rio Peixoto de Azevedo, rio Teles Pires drainage, rio Tapajós basin, MZUSP 99415 (holotype of Moenkhausia plumbea, 4.95 cm SL) (Ref. 84462).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sousa, L.M., A.L. Netto-Ferreira and J.L.O. Birindelli, 2010
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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: plumbea: Name from the Latin plumbum, meaning lead, in allusion to the color of the midlateral stripe below the unpigmented stripe in live specimens; an adjective..

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

Freshwater; pelagic.   Tropical; 9°S - 10°S, 54°W - 55°W

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