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Phenacorhamdia taphorni DoNascimiento & Milani, 2008

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Barinas, Obispos, Río La Yuca, N of San José Obrero, MCNG 54508 (holotype of Phenacorhamdia taphorni, 4.15 cm SL). Restricted to the piedmont sections of the Santo Domingo, Masparro and Boconó rivers, which drain the eastern slope of the Andes of Barinas state to the Apure river and is allopatric to its congeneric species (Ref. 78618).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: DoNascimiento, C. and N. Milani, 2008
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled catfishes)
Etymology: Phenacorhamdia: Greek, phenax, -akos = deceptive + Brazilian vernacular name, Nhamdia/Jamdia (Ref. 45335);  taphorni: Named for Donald Taphorn for his outstanding contributions to the ichthyological knowledge of the Venezuelan Llanos..

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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