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Hysteronotus megalostomus Eigenmann, 1911

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Common names: Piaba
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the upper São Francisco River basin (Ref. 38597). Type locality, Rio das Velhas, Mato Grosso (Ref. 30296). Regarded as threatened in the state of Minas Gerais (Ref. 26603).
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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: Rosa, R.S. and N.A. Menezes, 1996
National Database:

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Piaba, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Stevardiinae
Etymology: Hysteronotus: Greek, hysteros = later + Greek,noton = back (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Eigenmann.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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