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Characidium nana Mendonça & Netto-Ferreira, 2015

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Rio 13 de Maio, in the Rio Curuá, at Serra do Cachimbo, and the Rio Parazinho, both in the Rio Xingu drainage, and from Igarapé Negro, in the Rio Tapajós drainage in Pará (Ref. 104905)
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mendonça, M.B. and A.L. Netto-Ferreira, 2015
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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) > Crenuchidae (South American darters) > Characidiinae
Etymology: Characidium: Diminutive of Charax, -akos = a fish without identification (Ref. 45335);  nana: Named for Mariana Barreira Mendonça, the first author’s sister, known by her family and friends as 'Naná'. A noun in apposition..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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