Cetopsidium orientale • Cetopsidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Cetopsidium orientale** (Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Saramacca River basin, on Gros Rosevel Mining concession, about 5°07'08.8''N, 55°16'59.4''W, close to mouth of Maykaboeka Creek, Mindrineti Creek, Brokopondo District, Suriname.
Synonym(s)	Pseudocetopsis orientale
Etymology	The genus name, Cetopsidium, from Cetopsis, that was the first genus proposed in the Cetopsinae, and "idium" meaning diminutive, is in reference to the relatively small body sizes of the members of the genus.
Species Information
Size	58mm (2.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Coastal rivers of Suriname and French Guiana in the region from the Corantijn River along the border between Suriname and Guyana to the Fleuve Oyapock-rio Oiapoque along the French Guiana-Brazil border Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Neotrop. ichthyol. vol.3 no.2
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2013 Feb 06 09:08 (species record created: 2009 Jan 03 04:10)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Cetopsidium orientale (Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003)

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Saramacca River basin, on Gros Rosevel Mining concession, about 5°07'08.8''N, 55°16'59.4''W, close to mouth of Maykaboeka Creek, Mindrineti Creek, Brokopondo District, Suriname.

Synonym(s)

Pseudocetopsis orientale

Etymology

The genus name, Cetopsidium, from Cetopsis, that was the first genus proposed in the Cetopsinae, and "idium" meaning diminutive, is in reference to the relatively small body sizes of the members of the genus.

Species Information

Size

58mm (2.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Coastal rivers of Suriname and French Guiana in the region from the Corantijn River along the border between Suriname and Guyana to the Fleuve Oyapock-rio Oiapoque along the French Guiana-Brazil border
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)