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Aspidoras gabrieli Wosiacki, Graças, Pereira & Reis, 2014

Gabriel's catfish
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Brazil country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in streams draining the Serra dos Carajás, Paraupebas, Pará, at the type locality and nearby points, in unnamed tributaries to the left bank of Rio Paraupebas, itself a tributary to the Rio Itacaiúnas, lower Rio Tocantins basin. Occurs in the lower portion of the Rio Tocantins basin, at the edge of the Brazilian Shield into the Amazon basin (Ref. 96502).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wosiacki, W.B., T. da G. Pereira and R.E. Reis, 2014
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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) > Callichthyidae (Callichthyid armored catfishes) > Corydoradinae
Etymology: Aspidoras: Greek, aspis, -idos = shield + Greek, dora = skin (Ref. 45335);  gabrieli: Named for Gabriel P. Wosiacki, son of the first author, as an encouragement of his growing interest in zoology..

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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