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Stygichthys typhlops Brittan & Böhlke, 1965

Blind tetra
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality, Minas Gerais, município de Jaaíba, ANSP 100891 (holotype of Stygichthys typhlops, 2.3 cm SL). Rediscovered in the area after almost 50 years after its first discovery; 34 specimens were collected in 2 shallow hand-dug wells. Collected from two shallow wells separated by 4·5 km and c. 13 km south-west of the town of Jaíba; the well at Fazenda do Seu Roque is still occasionally used as a source of water for cattle, while the shallow well at Fazenda do Lajeado is abandoned (Ref. 84216). Regarded as threatened in the state of Minas Gerais (Ref. 26603). Also Ref. 27297.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lima, F.C.T., L.R. Malabarba, P.A. Buckup, J.F. Pezzi da Silva, R.P. Vari, A. Harold, R. Benine, O.T. Oyakawa, C.S. Pavanelli, N.A. Menezes, C.A.S. Lucena, M.C.S.L. Malabarba, Z.M.S. Lucena, R.E. Reis, F. Langeani, C. Moreira et al. …, 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Luolatetra, Blind characin, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Stethaprioninae
Etymology: Stygichthys: Greek, stygos = the underworld of ancient Greece mithology + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).

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

; sötvatten pelagiska.   Tropical; 16°S - 20°S

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