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Rhinodoras gallagheri Sabaj, Pérez, Taphorn, Castillo & G., 2008

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Colombia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Río Aguas de Limón (alternatively mapped in the headwaters of the Río Cinaruco and the Río Capanaparo, both left bank tributaries of the middle Orinoco) in Arauca Department (Ref. 75166).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sabaj, M.H., D.C. Taphorn and O.E. Castillo G., 2008
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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) > Doradidae (Thorny catfishes) > Doradinae
Etymology: Rhinodoras: Greek, rhinos = nose + Greek, dora = skin (Ref. 45335);  gallagheri: Named for Francis Richard Gallagher, mailroom supervisor at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, for his 37 years of dedicated service to the global community of taxonomists & systematists by shipping & receiving countless loans of specimens..

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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