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Heptapterus mandimbusu Aguilera, Benitez, Terán, Alonso & Mirande, 2017

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Argentina country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Melo stream, Uruguay River basin, northeastern Argentina (Ref. 116411).
National Checklist: Argentina
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Aguilera, G., M. Benitez, G.E. Terán, F. Alonso and J.M. Mirande, 2017
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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) > Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled catfishes)
Etymology: Heptapterus: Greek, epta = seven + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335);  mandimbusu: From two words of the Guaraní language, mandí, meaning catfish and mbusu, meaning eel, in reference to its body form and the vernacular name used in Argentina to refer to Heptapterus (bagre anguila). Apposition of two nouns..

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Subtropical

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