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Curculionichthys scaius Calegari, Gamarra & Reis, 2018

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Calegari, B.B., S.P. Gamarra and R.E. Reis, 2018
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Curculionichthys scaius, Brazil, Mato Grosso, Aripuanã, creek on road to Lontra, tributary to the Aripuanã River drainage, Madeira River basin (Ref. 119375).

Conservation status: The extinction risk of this species is assessed as low despite limited knowledge of its geographic distribution. It is so far known from a single locality in a creek tributary to the Aripuanã River, Madeira River basin, but additional collecting effort in the region will likely reveal a broader distribution. The species was naturally abundant and specific threats were not detected in the area, which is largely well preserved. Thus, it is tentatively categorized as Least Concern (LC) according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categories and criteria (Ref. 119375).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Calegari, B.B., S.P. Gamarra and R.E. Reis, 2018
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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.;  scaius: Name from Greek 'skaios', meaning west, westward, referring to the westerly distribution in the Brazilian Shield; an adjective..

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

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 119375).   Tropical

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