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Moenkhausia petymbuaba  Lima & Birindelli, 2006

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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Characiformes (Characins) > Characidae (Characins) > Incertae sedis
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 ?

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South America: Rio Xingu basin in Brazil.

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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).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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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