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Scientific Name	**Avalithoxus jantjae** (Lujan, 2008)
Common Name
Type Locality	Río Ventuari, above Tencua Falls 58 kilometers east-southeast of San Juan de Manapiare, ca. 5°02'N, 65°36'W, Amazonas, Venezuela.
Synonym(s)	Lithoxus jantjae
Pronunciation	AH vah lith OX uss. - yahnt jee
Etymology	Avalithoxus is a portmanteau of the Latin word ava, meaning ‘grandmother’, and the genus name Lithoxus. It refers to both the apparently basal position of this lineage and the matronym of the type species, which honoured Jeanne Lujan, the author's mother. Matronym honoring the author's mother, nicknamed Jantje prior to her emigration from the Netherlands
Species Information
Size	38mm or 1.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Avalithoxus can be distinguished from other species of Lithoxini by having 12 branched caudal fin rays (vs. 14 or 13), four branched anal-fin rays (vs. 5), five interdorsal plates (vs. 6 to 9), at most low hemispherical papillae around the oral disc margin (vs. digitate papillae), and a maximum of 25 hypertrophied cheek odontodes (mode, 18; range, 16–25) vs. a maximum of 21 (mode, 12; range, 5–21). The only known species in Lithoxus with 12 caudal fin rays (others have 14)
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: above Tencua Falls, Ventuari River of the upper Orinoco in Venezuela. Orinoco, Upper Orinoco, Ventuari (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Neotropical Ichthyology v. 6 (no. 3), pp 414, Fig. 1.
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Last Update	2021 May 18 23:32 (species record created: 2009 Jan 04 04:52)