Description

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Common Names

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Soukkatäpläpleko , Finnish , Finland

污色下口鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

污色下口鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Acari , Portuguese , Brazil

Acari pedra , Portuguese , Brazil

Acari-de-praia , Portuguese , Brazil

Chicote , Portuguese , Brazil

Bode carneiro , Portuguese (Unknown) , Brazil

Bode praiano , Portuguese (Unknown) , Brazil

Carachama , Spanish , Peru

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Aphanotorulus

Species: Aphanotorulus emarginatus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: upper Orinoco River (except the Rio Apure); the Essequibo River and its tributaries; the lower Amazon River including the Rio Negro, the Rio Tapajos, and the Rio Xingu.

Biology

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Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Lives under the roots of trees and among rocks, and they issue from their hiding places to the sand-banks to feed at night.

Habitat

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demersal