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Teleocichla centisquama Zuanon & Sazima, 2002

Slender pike cichlid
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Common names: Slender pike cichlid
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Amazon River basin in the Xingu River drainage around Altamira (Ref. 36377). Type locality, Furo do Zé Pinheiro, Rio Xingu, Pará (Ref. 46528).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Zuanon, J. and I. Sazima, 2002
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlinae
Etymology: Teleocichla: Greek, tele, telos = perfect + Greek, kichle = wrasse (Ref. 45335);  centisquama: From the number of longitudinal scales ['centum' = a hundred; 'squama' = scales], the highest recorded for the genus..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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