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  • Scleronema guapaDorsal view
  • Scleronema guapaVentral view
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Scientific Name Scleronema guapa  Ferrer & Malabarba, 2020
Common Name
Type Locality Sanga Santo Antônio, tributary of rio Ibicuí da Armada, rio Ibicuí basin, lower rio Uruguay, Rosário do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, 30°17'41"S, 54°59'17"W.
Etymology Scleronema: Greek, skleros = hard + Greek, nema = filament (or thread) referring to the hard base of the maxillary barbel. The specific epithet "guapa" is a regional adjective used to describe a beautiful person; an allusion to the beauty of the new species.
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Distribution
La Plata, Uruguay, Middle Uruguay, Ibicuí (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Neotropical Ichthyology v. 18 (no. 2): e190081, pp 11, Figs. 6-7.
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Last Update 2023 Nov 23 12:09 (species record created: 2020 Jun 13 21:23)