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Chauliocheilos saxatilis Martins, Andrade, Rosa & Langeani, 2014

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found only in the headwaters of rio Itamarandiba, upper rio Jequitinhonha drainage in southeastern Brazil (Ref. 98819).
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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: Martins, F.O., B.N. Andrade, A.C. Rosa and F. Langeani, 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) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Chauliocheilos: Derived from a combination of the Greek chaulios (conspicuous, outstanding, prominent), and cheilos (lip), in reference to the labial appendix.;  saxatilis: From the Latin adjective saxatilis, meaning that lives on rocks, in reference to the microhabitat where the species is mainly collected. An adjective..

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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