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Leporinus guttatus Birindelli & Britski, 2009

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in the upper rio Curuá (above the great falls of Serra do Cachimbo), a tributary of the rio Iriri, rio Xingu in Pará State. Its absence below the waterfalls suggests that this species might be restricted to the river portion isolated above the falls (Ref. 80699).
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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: Birindelli, J.L.O. and H.A. Britski, 2009
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Common names from other countries

Curua-mudderlaks, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Anostomidae (Headstanders)
Etymology: Leporinus: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit (Ref. 45335);  guttatus: From the Latin adjective 'guttatus', meaning spotted or dappled, in allusion to the presence of the dark blotches distributed over the body..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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