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Scientific Name	**Phenacorhamdia suia** Silva, Ochoa & Castro, 2022
Common Name
Type Locality	Santa Luzia stream, Comandante Fontoura River basin, São Félix do Araguaia, Xingu River basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, 11°19'30"S, 52°17'06"W.
Etymology	Phenacorhamdia from phenax, imposter or cheat and Rhamdia, a related genus, i.e., a false Rhamdia, presumably referring to similarity to that genus. The specific epithet, "suia", refers to the Suias indigenous people who, since the 1990s, have stood out in the fight to protect the Suiá-Missu River environment and for recovery of their traditional lands outside the limits of the Xingu reservation.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu, Lower Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu, Upper Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the 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. 20 (no. 2): e210143, pp 3, Figs. 1-6.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:18 (species record created: 2022 May 13 07:52)