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Scleronema teiniagua Ferrer & Malabarba, 2020

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Rio Grande do Sul State, rio Quaraí basin, lower rio Uruguay (Ref. 122319).
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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: Ferrer, J. and L.R. Malabarba, 2020
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Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Trichomycterinae
Etymology: Scleronema: Greek, skleros = hard + Greek,nema = filament (Ref. 45335);  teiniagua: Named for Teiniaguá, a princess transformed to a witch (a character from a fictional tale entitled ‘Salamanca do Jarau’ popularized in the Rio Grande do Sul State by the writer Simões Lopes Neto) that lives in a cave at the hill ‘Cerro do Jarau’, which is inserted in the area of distribution of the new species; noun in apposition..

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


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