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Common names: Piau, Piava de lagoa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: subsistence fisheries | Ref: Silvano, R.A.M. and A. Begossi, 2001
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Paraná River basin (Ref. 36801). Found in Piracicaba river (Ref. 50076). Museum: Pirassununga, Estado de Sao Paulo, MZUSP 3458 (holotype of L . Lacustris, 11.1 cm SL) (Ref. 27925). Also Ref. 598.
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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: Oyakawa, O.T., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

湖栖兔脂鲤, Piava de lagoa, See-Leporinus, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Anostomidae (Headstanders)
Etymology: Leporinus: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit (Ref. 45335).

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 5.8 - 7.8; dH range: ? - 20. Tropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 2059)

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Leporinus lacustris AmaralCampos, 1945

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

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