Brazil country information

Common names: Cará
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Restricted to the laguna dos Patos and rio Tramandaí drainages in Rio Grande do Sul (Ref. 118066). Questionable occurrence in Lagoa Mirim drainages (Ref. 36377) and Uruguay River (Ref. 79585), probably misidentification (see Ref. 118066). Also Ref. 36377.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Zaniboni Filho, E., S. Meurer, O.A. Shibatta and A.P. de Oliverira Nuñer, 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Earth eater, Castañeta, Cará, ... more

分類 / Names 共通名の | 類義語 | Catalog of Fishes(部類, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Geophaginae
Etymology: Gymnogeophagus: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, gea = the earth + Greek, phaegein, to eat (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態学

; 新鮮な水底生の漂泳性. Tropical; 21°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060)

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Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys (Hensel, 1870)

Common names from other countries

分類 / Names 共通名の | 類義語 | Catalog of Fishes(部類, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態学