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Scientific Name	**Hassar gabiru** Birindelli, Fayal & Wosiacki, 2011
Common Name	Xingu Mouse Catfish
Type Locality	Rio Curuá, Iriri drainage at Vila Castelo dos Sonhos, 8°19'07''S, 55°05'23''W, Altamira, PA, Brazil.
Pronunciation	ha sar
Etymology	Hassar: From the Aruac name of the fish. The specific name is a noun, the nickname of Leandro Melo de Sousa, it means - with humour and affection - "big rat".
Species Information
Size	157mm or 6.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Ground color yellowish or greenish laterally and white ventrally, lower lip pinkish, eye silvery.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Xingu River basin, Brazil. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Husbandry Information
Furniture	Collected in the wild usually in swift water over sand beaches at night.
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Neotropical Ichthyology v. 9 (no. 3), pp 520, Figs. 7-8.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2022 Oct 07 05:06 (species record created: 2012 Jun 29 00:03)