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Jupiaba kurua Birindelli, Zanata, Sousa & Netto-Ferreira, 2009

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in the upper rio Curuá (above the two great falls in Serra do Cachimbo), a tributary of rio Iriri, a large tributary of the lower rio Xingu. Its absence below the waterfalls suggests that this species might be restricted to the isolated river portion above the falls (Ref. 80699).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Birindelli, J.L.O., A.M. Zanata, L.M. Sousa and A.L. Netto-Ferreira, 2009
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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;  kurua: Specific name from the tupi language 'kurua', in allusion to the type locality, rio Curuá..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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