Characidium lauroi
| Characidium lauroi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Crenuchidae |
| Genus: | Characidium |
| Species: | C. lauroi
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| Binomial name | |
| Characidium lauroi Travassos, 1949
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Characidium lauroi is a fish in the family Crenuchidae.[1] It is native to South America and is found in the middle and upper Paraíba do Sul River basin in Brazil.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 7.1 cm (2.8 in).[1]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of the Travassos' father, a helminthologist-entomologist Lauro Travassos (1890–1970), who collected the holotype specimen.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Characidium lauroi". FishBase. October 2024 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CRENUCHIDAE Günther 1864 (South American Darters and Sailfin Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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