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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Lithoxus jantjae Lujan, 2008 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Venezuela, Amazonas, río Ventuari, above Tencua Falls 58 km ESE of San Juan de Manapiare, approx. 5º2'N, 65º36'W |
| Pronunciation | lith OX uss - yahnt jee |
| Etymology | Matronym honoring the author's mother, nicknamed Jantje prior to her emigration from the Netherlands |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 38mm (1.5") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Lithoxus is a genus of small, rheophilic loricariids that are externally characterized by a strongly dorsoventrally depressed body, a large round oral disk, and small tooth cups with few teeth. The only known species in Lithoxus with 12 caudal fin rays (others have 14) |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Known only from rapids that extend for a few hundred meters upstream of Tencua Falls, the first major faunal barrier in the Ventuari River, a right bank tributary of the upper Orinoco in Amazonas State, Venezuela. Orinoco  , Upper Orinoco, Ventuari (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Neotrop. ichthyol. vol.6 no.3 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Sep 22 10:10 (species record created: 2009 Jan 04 04:52) |
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