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Brazil country information
Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
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Aquaculture:
never/rarely
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Type locality of Hypostomus bimbai, 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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Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Zawadzki, C.H. and I. de Souza Penido, 2021
National Database:
Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypostomus:Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); bimbai:Named for José Manoel dos Reis Machado (1899-1974), the mestre Bimba. Mestre [master] is the higher hierarchical category of the Brazilian fighting sport Capoeira..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
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