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Hypostomus pastinhai Zawadzki & Penido, 2021

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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 Hypostomus pastinhai, Bahia State: Paulo Afonso, channel of Rio São Francisco. Known from main channel of the Rio São Francisco downstream of Paulo Afonso IV dam, at the border of Bahia and Alagoas States (Ref. 124776).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Zawadzki, C.H. and I. de Souza Penido, 2021
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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) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypostomus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335);  pastinhai: Named for Vicente Joaquim Pereira (1889-1981), the Mestre [master] Pastinha (the symbolic patron of Capoeira Angola, a more pristine and traditional style of the Brazilian fighting sport called Capoeira)..

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

Freshwater; demersal; depth range ? - 30 m (Ref. 124776).   Tropical

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