Biology:Phalloceros uai
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Short description: Species of fish
| Phalloceros uai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. uai
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros uai Lucinda, 2008
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Phalloceros uai, the one spot toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil.[1]
Distribution
Phalloceros uai is found in the Rio das Velhas, in the Rio São Francisco basin in Brazil.[2]
Size
The females of this species grow to a total length of 3.4 centimetres (1.3 in), while males remain smaller at 1.7 centimetres (0.67 in).[2]
Habitat
The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic.[2]
Etymology
The fish is an interjection usually served to express surprise, which is used by the natives of Minas Gerais, Brazil incidentally where this species occurs, as an homage to the author's birthplace, Minas Gerais, [3]
References
- ↑ Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Phalloceros uai" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes4/.
Wikidata ☰ Q6422901 entry
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