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Brachyhypopomus belindae Crampton, de, Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Crampton, W.G.R., C.D. de Santana, J.C. Waddell and N.R. Lovejoy, 2017
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs only in the central Amazon River basin; from the type series near Tefé, Amazonas, and from a whitewater floodplain site near Manaus (Ref. 116763).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Crampton, W.G.R., C.D. de Santana, J.C. Waddell and N.R. Lovejoy, 2017
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Hypopomidae (Bluntnose knifefishes)
Etymology: Brachyhypopomus: Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, hypo = under + Greek, poma, -atos = cover (Ref. 45335);  belindae: Named for Belinda Siew-Woon Chang, American (USA) evolutionary biologist, for her inspiration to N.R. Lovejoy during the preparation of this work..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.3 - 7.3.   Tropical; 27°C - 34°C (Ref. 116763)

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