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Scientific Name	**Brachyrhamdia thayeria** Slobodian & Bockmann, 2013
Common Name	Arched False Cory
Type Locality	Amazonas, Maraã, Lago Amanã, Rio Japurá basin, 2°32’06"S, 65°43’02", Brazil, elevation 44 meters.
Pronunciation	bra key ram dee ah
Etymology	Greek, brachys, -eia = shor + Brazilian vernacular name, Nhamdia/Jamdia. The specific epithet thayeria refers to Thayeria Eigenmann (1908), a genus of South American characin that has a similar diagonal dark stripe on the caudal peduncle, and also in honor of the North American businessman and philanthropist Nathaniel Thayer, Jr. (1808–1883), who sponsored the expedition to Brazil led by Swiss zoologist Louis Agassiz from 1865 to 1866 (then known as Thayer Expedition), which was responsible for important discoveries of the Amazon fish fauna.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Rio Japurá drainage, a left margin tributary of the Rio Solimões in Brazil. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Japurá (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Zootaxa 3717 (no. 1), pp 3, Figs. 1-5.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:17 (species record created: 2009 Oct 29 13:52)