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Apionichthys dumerili Kaup, 1858

Longtail sole
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Brazil country information

Common names: Linguado, Tapa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from estuarine areas of Oyapock, Amazon and Grajaú rivers; also enters low land freshwaters in Jari river (Ref. 36798). Also Ref. 49504.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ramos, R.T.C., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Achiridae (American soles)
Etymology: Apionichthys: Greek, apion = pear + Greek, ichthys = fish; it also exists "a-pion", no fatty (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Kaup.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 36798).   Tropical

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