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Scientific Name	**Tetragonopterus chalceus** Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Common Name	Schillersalmler (Germany)
Type Locality	Rivers of equatorial Brazil [= lower Amazon basin]; mouth of Uruará canal to Amazon River, at Vira Sebo community, Canaã Village, Prainha City, 01°53’33''S, 53°29’17''W (Pará State, Brazil).
Synonym(s)	Coregonus amboinensis, Tetragonopterus schomburgkii
Species Information
Size	120mm or 4.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazonas Basin, Rio San Francisco, Venezuela, and the Guianas. Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2021.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam, pp 70, Pl. 33 (fig. 1).
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:52 (species record created: 2013 Jun 13 20:56)