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Cyphocharax aninha Wosiacki & Miranda, 2014

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known only from the Rio Mopeco, a left bank tributary of the Rio Paru, left of the lower Rio Amazonas in Pará State (Ref. 94769).
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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: Wosiacki, W.B. and D.P. da Silva Miranda, 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) > Characiformes (Characins) > Curimatidae (Toothless characins)
Etymology: Cyphocharax: Greek, kyphos = curved, humpback + Greek, charax = a marine fish without identification (Ref. 45335);  aninha: The specific name refers to the nickname of Ana Prudente (MPEG), wife of the first authors and pays tribute to her contributions towards the understanding of the Neotropical fauna, specifically the systematics of snakes..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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