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Ammocryptocharax minutus Buckup, 1993

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37059). Museum: Rio Urubaxi, beach near confluence with Rio Negro, MZUSP 43671 (holotype, 1.97 cm SL) (Ref. 13683).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Buckup, P.A., 1993
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Crenuchidae (South American darters) > Characidiinae
Etymology: Ammocryptocharax: Greek, ammos = sand + Greek, kryptos = hidden + Greek, charax, -akos = a fish wihout identification (Ref. 45335);  minutus: Specific name refers to the minute size of this species, the smallest of its genus..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 5.5 - 6.5; dH range: 0 - 8.   Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 12468)

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