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Scientific Name Chaetobranchus flavescens    Heckel, 1840
Common Name River Patwa
Type Locality Rio Guaporé, tributary of Rio Negro, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Synonym(s) Acara flavescens, Aequidens flavescens, Centrarchus cyanopterus, Chaetobranchus bruneus, Chaetobranchus robustus, Chromys ucayalensis, Geophagus badiipinnis
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Size 210mm or 8.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Amazon River basin, in Peru and Brazil; Orinoco River basin in Venezuela (Rio Apure); rivers of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Amapá (Brazil).
Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amapa State Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Orinoco (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 Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2, pp 402
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:46 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 07:54)