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  • Gasteropelecus maculatus
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Scientific Name Gasteropelecus maculatus  Steindachner, 1879
Common Name
Type Locality Mamoni River near Chepo, Panama.
Etymology Gasteropelecus: Greek, gaster = stomach + Latin, pelecus =hatchet. 
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Size 64mm or 2.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Central and South America: eastern Panama through western Colombia.
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 15) (for 19 June 1879), pp 151.
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Last Update 2021 Sep 01 14:56 (species record created: 2020 Sep 09 11:49)