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Gymnogeophagus missioneiro Malabarba, Malabarba & Reis, 2015

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Gymnogeophagus missioneiro, Rio Grande do Sul, 4 km from São Luiz Gonzaga, arroio Ximbocuzinho, on road from São Luiz Gonzaga to Bossoroca. It is known from the rio Piratini and its tributaries, middle rio Uruguay basin, in the western portion of Rio Grande do Sul (Ref. 118066).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Malabarba, L.R., M.C. Malabarba and R.E. Reis, 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) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Geophaginae
Etymology: Gymnogeophagus: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, gea = the earth + Greek, phaegein, to eat (Ref. 45335);  missioneiro: Name from a Portuguese noun 'Missioneiro' meaning from the Missões region, the Jesuitic Missions of the Eighteenth century in southern Brazil and Argentina, in allusion to the distribution of this species; noun in apposition..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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