Astyanax validus Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991

Sébastien Brosse, Fréderic Melki & Régis Vigouroux, 2019, Fishes of the Mitaraka Mountains (French Guiana), Zoosystema 41 (8), pp. 131-151 : 138

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Astyanax validus Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991 View in CoL

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FIRST RECORD FOR THE MITARAKA. — This study.

OCCURENCES. — S5, S10, S11, S14.

SPECIMENS IN COLLECTION. — 7 MNHN (MNHN-IC-2018-0428, MNHN-IC-2018-0429, MNHN-IC-2018-0430, MNHN- IC-2018 -0431, MNHN-IC-2018-0432, MNHN-IC-2018-0433,

MNHN-IC-2018-0434); 7 Hydreco.

DISTRIBUTION IN FRENCH GUIANA. — Widespread.

ECOLOGY. — Observed in groups in both Alama mainstream and tributaries, in sandy areas with moderate current velocities. Captured using rotenone, seine nets and by angling. Also observed in underwater inventories.

SPECIES CODE. — AVAL.

References

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