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Astyanax minor Garavello & Sampaio, 2010

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known only from upper Iguaçu basin, found mostly in localities situated upstream of confluence with Rio Jordão. Type locality, Rio Iguaçu downstream of Salto Santiago dam, between Laranjeiras do Sul and Chopinzinho, Laranjeiras do Sul, Paraná, MZUSP 105954 (holotype of Astyanax longirhinus, 15.69 cm SL) (Ref. 85756).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Garavello, J.C.I. and F.A.A. Sampaio, 2010
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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: Astyanax: The name of Astyanax, Hector´s son in the Greek mythology (Ref. 45335);  minor: Name from Latin 'minor' meaning small; in allusion to small body size of this species, when compared with remaining species of Astyanax from Iguaçu basin..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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