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Etymology: petymbuaba: The specific name petymbuaba, meaning smoking pipe; cachimbo in Portuguese, comes from the Tupi language and it is an allusion to the type locality of the species.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?
Distribution
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South America: Rio Xingu basin in Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56956)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 10-11;
Vertebrae: 34 - 37. Distinguished from all its congeners and all remaining characid fishes by the presence of a broad, well-defined dark longitudinal stripe and longitudinal series of dark blotches along the dorsal and lateral surfaces of body (more developed above the longitudinal dark stripe) (Ref. 56956).
Found in a waterfall pool (Ref. 56956).
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Lima, F.C.T. and J.L.O. Birindelli, 2006. Moenkhausia petymbuaba, a new species of characid from the Serra do Cachimbo, Rio Xingu basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(1):53-58. (Ref. 56956)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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