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    Scientific NameItuglanis apteryx    Datovo, 2014
    Common Name
    Type LocalityPará State, Altamira Municipality; Rio Amazonas drainage, Rio Xingú basin, Rio Iriri sub-basin, Rio Curuá,, cofferdam formed during the building of the Buriti Hydroelectric Dam (PCH), 8°46'09"S, 54°57'02"W, Brazil.
    Synonym(s)
    EtymologyGreek, itys, ityos = circle + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish. 
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    DistributionSouth America
    Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu, Iriri, Curuá (Iriri) (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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    IUCN Red List Category
    Data Deficient
    , a distribution map is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2021.
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    BreedingUnreported in the aquarium.
    Breeding ReportsThere is no breeding report.
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    ReferenceZootaxa 3790 (no. 3), pp 467, Figs. 1-2.
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    Last UpdateThu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am)