Hoplomyzon atrizona • Aspredinidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Hoplomyzon atrizona** Myers, 1942
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Brook trib. to Río Zulia, at Estacion Tachira, 60 km north of San Cristobal, Venezuela, elev. ca. 150 m.
Synonym(s)	Hoplomyzon atrizona petrolus
Etymology	Hoplomyzon: From the Greek hoplos, meaning shield and myzon, meaning belly; in reference to the bony plates on the ventral surface.
Species Information
Size	27mm (1.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Lake Maracaibo basin. Lake Maracaibo (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	Stanford Ichthyol. Bull.v. 2 (no. 4) - pp95 - Fig. 3
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2006 Jul 26 03:41 (species record created: 2002 Oct 16 00:00)