Etsaputu relictum • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Etsaputu relictum** Lujan, Armbruster & Rengifo, 2011
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Marañon River drainage, Cenepa River, gravel shoal at Tsantsa, 58 km north of Imacita, 4°33'37''S, 78°11'07''W, Amazonas Department, Peru, elevation 228 meters.
Etymology	Etsa means ‘sun’ in Awajun—the language of the Aguaruna people indigenous to the upper Maran˜on region of northern Peru—and is a reference to the type species’ golden sheen when alive. Relictum is latin for abandoned, and is in reference to the apparently relictual biogeographic distribution of this species.
Species Information
Size	90mm (3.5") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Marañon River drainage and possibly the Huallaga River, Peru. Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón (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	Copeia 2011 (no. 4) 497, Fig. 1B, 2C, 3B, 4
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2013 Jan 13 11:53 (species record created: 2012 Jun 16 15:01)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Etsaputu relictum Lujan, Armbruster & Rengifo, 2011

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Marañon River drainage, Cenepa River, gravel shoal at Tsantsa, 58 km north of Imacita, 4°33'37''S, 78°11'07''W, Amazonas Department, Peru, elevation 228 meters.

Etymology

Etsa means ‘sun’ in Awajun—the language of the Aguaruna people indigenous to the upper Maran˜on region of northern Peru—and is a reference to the type species’ golden sheen when alive. Relictum is latin for abandoned, and is in reference to the apparently relictual biogeographic distribution of this species.

Species Information

Size

90mm (3.5") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Marañon River drainage and possibly the Huallaga River, Peru.
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón (click on these areas to find other species found there)