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GBIF·5204378speciesAnimalia23 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCharaciformes
  4. ›familyCharacidae
  5. ›genusAstyanax
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Astyanax ojiara

Astyanax ojiara Azpelicueta & Garcia, 2000

First described in: Azpelicueta, María de las M. & J. O. Garcia. 2000. A new species of Astyanax (Characiformes, Characidae) from Uruguay river basin in Argentina, with remarks on hook presence in Characidae. Revue suisse de zoologie 107(2): 245-257.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

materials_examined

MLP 9470, male holotype, 50.0 mm SL, Benitez stream, headwaters of Yaboty River, Uruguay basin, Misiones Province, Argentina, coll.: O. Garcia, May 1983; MLP 9472, 6 paratypes, 50.2 - 67.5 mm SL, collected with the holotype.

A new species of Astyanax (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae), with breeding tubercles, from the Paraná and Uruguay river basins.

materials_examined

MLP 9470, holotype, 50.5 mm, Argentina, Misiones, arroyo Benitez.

Astyanax endy (Characiformes: Characidae), a new fish species from the upper Río Bermejo basin, northwestern Argentina.

materials_examined

MLP 9470, holotype, 50.5 mm, Argentina, Misiones, Arroyo Benitez.

A new species of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) from the endorheic Río Salí basin, Tucumán, northwestern Argentina.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5204378.