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Jupiaba poekotero Zanata & Lima, 2005

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Common names: Poekotero-potatigu, Utasako, Utaseã
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known only from the upper Rio Tiquié, a tributary of the lower course of the Rio Uaupés (Vaupés in Colombia), upper Rio Negro basin in Amazonas (Ref. 54762). Collected only at Caruru and nearby sites dowstreams (Ref. 54762).
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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: Zanata, A.M. and F.C.T. Lima, 2005
National Database:

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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: Jupiaba: An indigenous word from Brazil, in the region where Angela (Ichthyologist) was born and discovered several new fishes. (Personal communication from Barry Chernoff, Curator Fishes/Museum of Chicago;  poekotero: Specific name derived from 'poekotero' (poe, waterfall; kotero, warder), the common name of the species among the Tuyuka people, which means the warder of the waterfalls..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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