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Ancistomus micrommatos (Cardoso & Lucinda, 2003)

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known only from the upper rio Tocantins and its tributaries. Type locality, between Minaçu and Cavalcante, at site of future hydroelectric dam of Serra da Mesa, rio Tocantins, Goiás, MNRJ 20873 (holotype, 10.29 cm SL, male) (Ref. 49598).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cardoso, A.R. and P.H.F. Lucinda, 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Ancistomus: Greek, agkale, agkalos = hook, something curved + Greek, stoma = mouth;  micrommatos: Named for its small eyes; noun in apposition..

Issue
In Ambruster et al., 2015 (Ref. 99824), no characteristics were found to separate Ancistomus micrommatos from A. spiloma and A. spinosissimus, and these may represent the same species.

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

; zoet water demersaal.   Tropical

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