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| Scientific Name | Scorpiodoras liophysus Sousa & Birindelli, 2011 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Brazil, Rondonia, Porto Velho, Lago Madalena, Rio Jaciparana, Rio Madeira, 9°17'00''S, 64°23'57''W. |
| Etymology | From the Greek leios meaning smooth, bald, and physa meaning bladder, in allusion to the absence of a secondary bladder. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 157mm (6.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Scorpiodoras liophysus can be distinguished from S. calderonensis and S. heckelii by having a simple, cordiform, gas bladder (vs. gas bladder having a secondary bladder) and midlateral scute depth 61–72% of body depth (vs. 33–59%). Scorpiodoras liophysus can also be differentiated from S. heckelii by having relatively small eye, diameter 58–77% of interorbital width (vs. relatively large eye, diameter 91–129% of interorbital width). |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Rio Madeira |
| Further Information | |
| References | Copeia 2011, No. 1, 121–140 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Mar 19 01:47 (species record created: 2011 Mar 17 13:19) |
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