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Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908)

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Brazil country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Rio Madeira, ca. 200 mi. east of 63°54'W, Brazil (type locality of P. madeirae); near mouth of Rio Macaua, tributary of Rio Iaco, itself a tributary to Rio Purus, near Sena Madureira, (type locality of P. micropunctatus) (Ref. 26282, 6868). Museum: Rio Purus, NMW 44271 (lectotype, 11.31 cm SL) (Ref. 30403).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Burgess, W.E., 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Aphanotorulus: Greek, aphanes = hidden + Latin, torulus, -i = muscle, little string (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Steindachner.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 25°C - 28°C (Ref. 12468)

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