Sternopygus macrurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Sébastien Brosse, Fréderic Melki & Régis Vigouroux, 2019, Fishes of the Mitaraka Mountains (French Guiana), Zoosystema 41 (8), pp. 131-151 : 147

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a8
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F175E88B-F75F-4BDF-87AC-9BF8C46BF714
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5931640
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Sternopygus macrurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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Treatment

Sternopygus macrurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) View in CoL

FIRST RECORD FOR THE MITARAKA. — This study.

OCCURENCES. — S8, S9, S10, S11.

SPECIMENS IN COLLECTION. — 2 MNHN (MNHN-IC-2018-0513,

MNHN-IC-2018-0514); 1 Hydreco.

DISTRIBUTION IN FRENCH GUIANA. — Widespread.

ECOLOGY. — Observed in both Alama mainstream and tributaries. This nocturnal species hides in the undercut banks and in submersed tree roots during the day. Captured using rotenone.

SPECIES CODE. — SMAC.