 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Tatia caxiuanensis Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2008 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Município de Melgaço, Estação Cientifica Pena, Curuá River, Caxiuanã, 1°44'53''S, 51°27'13''W, Pará, Brazil. |
| Pronunciation | TA tee ah |
| Etymology | Tatia: Named after the ichthyologist C. Tate Regan. The specific name, caxiuanensis, is in reference to the Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, a preservation area where the catfishes were caught. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 41mm (1.6") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Sexing | Mature males exhibit modified anal fin copulatory organ. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: known only from the type locality in Curuá river, lower Amazon basin, Brazil. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu  , Iriri , Curuá (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 | Neotropical Ichthyology v. 6 (no. 3) |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Jun 11 00:00 (species record created: 2008 Nov 15 08:49) |
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