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| Scientific Name | Tatia caxiuanensis Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2008 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Município de Melgaço, Estação Cientifica Pena, Curuá River, Caxiuanã, 1°44'53''S, 51°27'13''W, Pará, Brazil. |
| Pronunciation | TA tee ah |
| Etymology | Tatia: Named after the ichthyologist C. Tate Regan. The specific name, caxiuanensis, is in reference to the Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, a preservation area where the catfishes were caught. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 41mm or 1.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Sexing | Mature males exhibit modified anal fin copulatory organ. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: known only from the type locality in Curuá river, lower Amazon basin, Brazil. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu, Iriri, Curuá (Iriri) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view species occurence data on a map. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | As the common name for this family, woodcat, implies, these fish like pieces of wood with crevices and gaps to squeeze into. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Neotropical Ichthyology v. 6 (no. 3) |
| Registered Keepers | Keeping this species? Why not . There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Jun 11 00:00 (species record created: 2008 Nov 15 08:49) |