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Curculionichthys itaim Roxo, Dias, Silva & Oliveira, 2017

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Comments: Known from the following six small streams of the rio Tapajós basin: Igarapé Cipó, Igarapé Nambuaí (type locality), Igarapé Presidente, Igarapé São José, Igarapé Urubutu and rio Tracuá (Ref. 118146).
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Main Ref: Roxo, F.F., A.C. Dias, G.S.C. Silva and C. Oliveira, 2017
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Curculionichthys: Derived from the from the Latin 'curculionem' (elongated snout) and from the Greek 'ichthys' (fishes), in reference to the relatively elongated snouts of the fish species included in this genus.;  itaim: The specific name itaim came from Tupi-Guarani language and means itá (stones) and im (diminutive). The name is related to the city Itaituba (itá'imtyba) where the new species is recorded and means 'gathering of small stones'. A noun in apposition..

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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