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Kalyptodoras bahiensis Higuchi, Britski & Garavello, 1990

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Relevant Information:

Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. Diet: Feeds on crabs in its natural habitat in the Paraguaçu River. Etymology: The specific name bahiensis: –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Bahia State, Brazil, where type locality (Rio Paraguaçu) is situated.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Doradidae

Distribution:

South America: Rio Paraguaçu, northeastern Brazil.

Size:

24.5cm. (9¾ins)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (04/2012).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Kalyptodoras bahiensis

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