Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
A rheophilic species which inhabits shadowed, rocky shelters on rapids (Ref. 55826).
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Lima, F.C.T. and J. Zuanon 2004 A new species of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rapids of the lower rio Xingu, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyol. 2(3):117-122. (Ref. 55826)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=55826&speccode=62331
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Distribution
Lower Xingu River, region of Altamira, Pará, Brazil.
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South America: lower rio Xingu, Brazil.
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Lima, F.C.T. and J. Zuanon 2004 A new species of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rapids of the lower rio Xingu, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyol. 2(3):117-122. (Ref. 55826)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=55826&speccode=62331
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Physical Description
Diagnostic Description
Distinguished from its congeners by having a broad longitudinal, midlateral dark stripe that extends from the snout to the caudal peduncle (Ref. 55826)
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Lima, F.C.T. and J. Zuanon 2004 A new species of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rapids of the lower rio Xingu, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyol. 2(3):117-122. (Ref. 55826)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=55826&speccode=62331
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Ecology
Habitat
Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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