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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Acestridium scutatum Reis & Lehmann A., 2009 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Rio Traira, ca. 35 km. east of Rio Madeira on Trans-Amazon road, 7°35'33 |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 63mm (2.5") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Acestridium was diagnosed by Schaefer (1991) based on the following characters: ten principal caudal-fin rays; plates at anterior snout margin forming conspicuous spatulate projection; head and body very slender, depressed; dorsal surface of head and trunk with longitudinal ridges; dorsal fin placed posteriorly, well beyond pelvic fin and just anterior to anal-fin origin; adipose fin absent; dermal plates anterior to first dorsal-fin proximal radial expanded, bearing ventromedial keel contacting the dorsal margin of the neural arches of the vertebrae six through twelve; and ridge of bone on the ventral surface of the lateral ethmoid contacting the metapterygoid channel reflected mesially. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Rio Traira, Rio Madeira drainage, Amazonas, Brazil. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes)  , Madeira, Traira (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Copeia 2009 (no. 3) |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2009 Dec 01 01:06 (species record created: 2009 Sep 10 13:55) |
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