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Glanidium botocudo Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2013

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Found in large coastal river systems such as Rio Doce and Rio Mucuri in Minas Gerais (Ref. 93811).
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Main Ref: Sarmento-Soares, L.M. and R.F. Martins-Pinheiro, 2013
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Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes) > Centromochlinae
Etymology: Glanidium: Diminutive of Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335);  botocudo: Name is in reference to the Botocudo, the generic name given to native indigenous people wearing artifacts ('botoques') on ears and lips. Those Indians were the original inhabitants of large extensions of the Floresta Atlântica (Paraíso, 1992), including the lands along the rio Mucuri valley and far west, to the rio Doce, range of the new Glanidium species. A noun in apposition..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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