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Amblydoras nheco (Higuchi, Birindelli, Sousa & Britski, 2007)

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Relevant Information:

Aquarium Care: No problem in a normal community tank as long as you can give them plenty of hiding places to make them feel more secure. Diet: Good quality flake food, frozen blood worms and tablet food. Live worms such as whiteworm and cut up garden worms. Etymology: The specific name nheco: referring to the town of Nhecolândia, Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil, type locality; nheco apparently does not have any particular significance other than having probably been a nickname for the town founder.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Merodoras nheco

Family:

Doradidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil, Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul: município de Rio Verde de Mato Grosso, Rio Anhuma, tributary of Rio Negro (Paraguay basin).

Size:

7.0cm. (2¾ins)

Temp:

23-28°C (73-83°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2024 ).
Higuchi, H., J.L.O. Birindelli, L.M. Sousa and H.A. Britski, 2007. Merodoras nheco, new genus and species from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Doradidae), and nomination of the new subfamily Astrodoradinae. Zootaxa 1446:31-42.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Amblydoras nheco

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