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| Scientific Name | Mesonauta mirificus Kullander & Silfvergrip, 1991 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Cayapoza, Río Napo, Dept. Loreto, Peru. |
| Pronunciation | Mess-oh-naw-tah. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 97mm or 3.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | When stressed, the third bar is split in two and there are horizontal lines above the main black stripe. |
| General Remarks | This species is the common Peruvian export. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Amazon River basin in Peru and Colombia, in tributaries of the Ucayali and Amazon rivers, from Yarina Cocha to Mocagua Island near Leticia. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2014. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 98 (no. 2), pp 430, Figs. 1F, 5, 10, 22-23. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.42.897.6589 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:46 (species record created: 2016 Mar 20 14:43) |