Cetopsidium ferreirai • Cetopsidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Cetopsidium ferreirai** Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Common Name
Type Locality	Last cachoeira before rio Trombetas, about 1°05'S, 57°01'W, rio Mapuera, rio Trombetas basin, Pará State, Brazil.
Etymology	The genus name, Cetopsidium, from Cetopsis, that was the first genus proposed in the Cetopsinae, and "idium" meaning diminutive, is in reference to the relatively small body sizes of the members of the genus. The species name, ferreirai, is in honor of Efrem J. G. Ferreira of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), the collector of all the known specimens of the species, in recognition to his contributions to our knowledge of the fishes of the Brazilian Amazon.
Species Information
Size	37mm or 1.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Rio Trombetas, left bank tributary of the lower rio Amazonas, Brazil. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Trombetas (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 in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Neotropical Ichthyology v. 3 (no. 2), pp 133, Fig. 1.
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Last Update	2020 Oct 28 16:39 (species record created: 2009 Jan 02 12:24)