Characidium schubarti
| Characidium schubarti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Crenuchidae |
| Genus: | Characidium |
| Species: | C. schubarti
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| Binomial name | |
| Characidium schubarti Travassos, 1955
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Characidium schubarti is a fish in the family Crenuchidae.[2] It is native to South America and is found in the Paranapanema basin in upper Paraná River drainage and Ribeira de Iguape River basin in Brazil.[2]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 51.3 cm (20.2 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of German-born myriapodist Otto Schubart (1900–1962), of the Estação Experimental de Biologia e Piscicultura do Ministério de Agricultura in São Paulo, Brazil, who collected the holotype specimen.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Characidium schubarti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Portuguese). 2022: e.T167646A134697847. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T167646A134697847.pt. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Characidium schubarti". 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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