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Characidium boavistae
Characidium boavistae is a fish in the family Crenuchidae. It is native to South America and is found in the tributaries of Lake Maracaibo, the Orinoco River basin and the northern tributaries of the Amazon basin.
From the article Characidium boavistae on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The fishes specific name, boavistae, means of Boa Vista, capital of Brazilian state of Roraima, on western bank of Rio Branco, the type locality of the holotype.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 612182.