Tenellus trimaculatus (Doradidae) Cat-eLog

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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Tenellus trimaculatus** (Boulenger, 1898)
Common Name	Treplettet Musemalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Rio Juruá, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Leptodoras trimaculatus, Nemadoras trimaculatus, Opsodoras ogilviev, Opsodoras trimacualtus, Oxydoras trimaculatus
Etymology	Tenellus comes from the Latin tener, meaning delicate, in reference to the delicate appearance of those dorads.
Species Information
Size	108mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo River basins. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo, Rupununi (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	Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 14 (pt 7, no. 2) pp422 Pl. 40 (fig. 1)
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Last Update	2018 Mar 21 03:33 (species record created: 2006 Feb 20 00:00)