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Physopyxis ananas Sousa, Rapp & Py-Daniel, 2005

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Brazil country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known throughout the lowlands in the entire Amazon, including rio Negro (Ref. 56903).
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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: Sousa, L.M. and L.H. Rapp Py-Daniel, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Doradidae (Thorny catfishes) > Astrodoradinae
Etymology: Physopyxis: Greek, physa = bellows + Greek, pyxis,-idos = box (Ref. 45335);  ananas: Named from the generic name of the pineapple, Ananas, in allusion to stout body and spiny appearance of the species due to presence of additional row(s) of spines on lateral plates..

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

; süßwasser demersal.   Tropical

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