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Scientific Name Scleronema minutum  (Boulenger, 1891)
Common Names Jaguar Mud-catfish
Jaguar-muddermalle (Denmark)
Type Locality San Lorenzo District, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil [= São Lourenço do Sul, 31°21'55"S, 51°58'42"W].
Synonym(s) Scleronema angustirostre
Etymology Scleronema: Greek, skleros = hard + Greek, nema = filament (or thread) referring to the hard base of the maxillary barbel. 
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Size 40mm or 1.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Rio Grande Do Sul State Waters, Laguna dos Patos (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Lagoa Mirim, Yaguaron (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Lagoa Mirim, Cebollati (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 (pt 2), pp 235, Pl. 26 (fig. 3).
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Last Update 2021 Aug 31 11:24 (species record created: 2016 Dec 01 09:20)