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Astyanax brachypterygium Bertaco & Malabarba, 2001

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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 uppermost headwaters of tributaries of the rio Uruguai, at altitudes of 1000 to 1200 m asl, in the highest portions of the Serra Geral, in Rio Grande do Sul (Ref. 41290).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bertaco, V.A. and L.R. Malabarba, 2001
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Stethaprioninae
Etymology: Astyanax: The name of Astyanax, Hector´s son in the Greek mythology (Ref. 45335);  brachypterygium: The name brachypterygium is from the Greek, brachys, short, and pterygium, fin, referring to the short anal fin. Noun in apposition..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   High altitude

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