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Hemipsilichthys nimius Pereira, Reis, Souza & Lazzarotto, 2003

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Recorded from the state of Rio de Janeiro ( Perequê-Açu and Taquari river basins) (Ref. 50588). Type locality: Rio de Janeiro: Parati: rio Carrasquinho below the Cachoeira do Tobogã, upper Perequê-Açu basin, Penha, ca. 7.5 km west of highway BR 101, on road from Parati to Cunha (Ref. 50588).
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Main Ref: Pereira, E.H.L., R.E. Reis, P.F.M. Souza and H. Lazzarotto, 2003
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Delturinae
Etymology: Hemipsilichthys: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, psilos = hairless + Greek, ichtys = fish (Ref. 45335);  nimius: From the Latin nimius meaning nimiety, in allusion to the supernumerary rays of the dorsal fin, which has nine branched rays (Ref. 50588).
  More on authors: Pereira, Reis, Souza & Lazzarotto.

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

Freshwater; demersal.   High altitude

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