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Gymnotus capitimaculatus Rangel-Pereira, 2014

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Rangel-Pereira, F.S., 2014
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known only from the rio do Ouro, a tributary of the rio Jucuruçu, Itamaraju municipality in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil. This is the only population belonging to the Gymnotus pantherinus species group found in this basin or in its neighboring, indicating that this is a very rare and endangered species (Ref. 96661).
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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: Rangel-Pereira, F.S., 2014
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Gymnotidae (Naked-back knifefishes) > Gymnotinae
Etymology: Gymnotus: Greek, gymnos = naked (Ref. 45335);  capitimaculatus: Derived from the Latin subject capitis (head) and adjective maculatus (blotchy), in reference to the presence of a pair of blotches in the ventral portion of the head..

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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