Heptapterus bleekeri Boesman, 1953

Sébastien Brosse, Fréderic Melki & Régis Vigouroux, 2019, Fishes of the Mitaraka Mountains (French Guiana), Zoosystema 41 (8), pp. 131-151 : 144-146

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a8
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5931626
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scientific name	Heptapterus bleekeri Boesman, 1953
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FIRST RECORD FOR THE MITARAKA. — This study.

OCCURENCES. — S2, S4, S9, S13, S14.

SPECIMENS IN COLLECTION. — 4 MNHN (MNHN-IC-2018-0490, MNHN-IC-2018-0491, MNHN-IC-2018-0492, MNHN-

IC-2018 -0493); 3 Hydreco.

DISTRIBUTION IN FRENCH GUIANA. — Known from a few small stream sites of the Maroni, Approuague and Oyapock drainage basins.

ECOLOGY. — Observed in streams, in low current velocity areas. Nocturnal species that hides during the day. Captured using rotenone.

SPECIES CODE. — CBLE.

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