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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Tatia simplex Mees, 1974 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Xaventina house beach, Rio dos Mortes, Mato Grosso, Brazil. |
| Pronunciation | TA tee ah - sim plex |
| Etymology | Tatia: Named after the ichthyologist C. Tate Regan. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 28mm (1.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Sexing | Mature males exhibit modified anal fin copulatory organ. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Das Mortes River, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Araguaia, Das Mortes (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | As the common name for this family, woodcat, implies, these fish like pieces of wood with crevices and gaps to squeeze into. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Zool. Verh. (Leiden) No. 132 90 Fig. 26 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2008 Jan 29 16:20 (species record created: 2007 Nov 27 17:16) |
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