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Brazil country information
Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Known only from rio Tarugo, a tributary of the rio Uruba, that flows into rio Gongogi, principal drainage of right margin on the middle section of rio de Contas basin in Bahia State (Ref. 94155).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Lima, S.M.Q., C.P. Neves and R.M. Campos-Paiva, 2013
National Database:
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Trichomycterinae
Etymology: Ituglanis:Greek, itys, ityos = circle + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335); agreste:The name agreste is from the Latin agrestis, meaning relative to land, field, wild, or rustic. This refers to eastern Brazil, encompassing the area between the Rio Grande do Norte State to the middle section of rio de Contas basin in Bahia State, that marks the transition between two distinct biomes, the Atlantic Forest and the semi-arid Caatinga, where the new species was discovered. A noun in apposition..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 2 m (Ref. 94155). Tropical
Distribution
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