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Jenynsia diphyes Lucinda, Ghedotti, da & Graça, 2006

Iguaçu livebearer
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Brazil country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Presently found only in Córrego Passo do Aterrado and Rio das Torres, both tributaries of the left margin of the Rio Jordão in the Rio Iguaçu drainage (Ref. 75966).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lucinda, P.H.F., M.J. Ghedotti and W.J. Graca, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Anablepidae (Four-eyed fishes, onesided livebearers & white-eye) > Anablepinae
Etymology: diphyes: Specific name from the Greek adjective diphyes, meaning of double nature or form, in reference to the chromatic sexual dimorphism..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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