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Eigenmannia besouro Peixoto & Wosiacki, 2016

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the tributaries of the left margin of rio São Francisco in Bahia, northeastern Brazil (Ref. 115976).
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Main Ref: Peixoto, L.A.W. and W.B. Wosiacki, 2016
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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) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes)
Etymology: Eigenmannia: From Eigenmann, 1910, researcher of faunistic studies (Ref. 45335);  besouro: The specific name besouro ('beetle' in Portuguese) is in honor of Manoel Henrique Pereira, known as Besouro Mangangá '‘The Mangangá Beetle'), a native of the Recôncavo region of Bahia, and a legendary figure in the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira. A noun in opposition..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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