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Laetacara flamannellus Ottoni, Bragança, Amorim & Gama, 2012

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Comments: Found along eastern coastal rivers of Amapá state, which overflows during the rainy season, originating huge floodplains. The northernmost record is from Igarapé do Davi, in Amapá municipality and the southernmost record is from córrego Areal, in Mazagão municipality (Ref. 91058).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ottoni, F.P., P.H.N. Bragança, P.F. Amorim and C.S. Gama, 2012
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlasomatinae
Etymology: Laetacara: Latin, laetus = happy + tupí, guaraní acará = a name of a fish (Ref. 45335);  flamannellus: Derived from the Latin flammeus, meaning flame colored, and from the Latin annellus, meaning ring, in reference to the orange flame ring around the dorsal-fin spot, one of the diagnostic character states of the new species..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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