Overview
Distribution
South America: Upper Amazon River basin.
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Lucena, C.A.S. and N.A. Menezes 2003 Subfamily Characinae (Characins, tetras). p. 200-208. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36811)
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Upper Amazon River basin, Ecuador and Peru.
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
13.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 35689))
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Menezes, N.A. 1977 Acestrocephalus boehlkei, a new and disjunct cynopotamine from Ecuadorean and Peruvian Amazon (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Characidae). Pap. Avulsos Dep. Zool. (São Paulo) 30(13):185-193. (Ref. 35689)
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Type Information
Paratype for Acestrocephalus boehlkei Menezes
Catalog Number: USNM 216141
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): T. Roberts & et al.
Year Collected: 1971
Locality: Rio Payamino and Tributary 3-4 Miles Upriver From Mouth of Rio Payamino Into Rio Coca, Ecuador, Napo Province, Ecuador, South America
Catalog Number: USNM 216141
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): T. Roberts & et al.
Year Collected: 1971
Locality: Rio Payamino and Tributary 3-4 Miles Upriver From Mouth of Rio Payamino Into Rio Coca, Ecuador, Napo Province, Ecuador, South America
- Paratype: Menezes, N. A. 1977. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia. 30 (13): 185.
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Paratype for Acestrocephalus boehlkei Menezes
Catalog Number: USNM 216140
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): T. Roberts & Parker
Year Collected: 1971
Locality: Rio Punino, a Tributary of the Rio Payamino (Napo River System), Above Coca, Ecuador, Napo Province, Ecuador, South America
Catalog Number: USNM 216140
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): T. Roberts & Parker
Year Collected: 1971
Locality: Rio Punino, a Tributary of the Rio Payamino (Napo River System), Above Coca, Ecuador, Napo Province, Ecuador, South America
- Paratype: Menezes, N. A. 1977. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia. 30 (13): 185.
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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.
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