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Leporinus parvulus Birindelli, Britski & Lima, 2013

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in two sites in the the Rio Tapajós, Pederneiras and São Luiz, which are immediately below and a few kilometers upriver of the city of Itaituba in Pará (Ref. 93868).
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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., H.A. Britski and F.C.T. Lima, 2013
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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);  parvulus: The name parvulus is from the Latin adjective which means thin or slender, in reference to its slender body..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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