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Hypostomus rhantos Armbruster, Tansey & Lujan, 2007

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Venezuela country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Armbruster, J.W., L.A. Tansey and N.K. Lujan, 2007
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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);  rhantos: Rhantos is Greek for sprinkled, speckled, or spotted and refers to the tiny randomly placed spots of the species (Ref. 58737).

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 5°N - 3°N, 66°W - 67°W

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