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  • Notarius luniscutisFresh specimen from Pernambuco, northeast coast
  • Notarius luniscutisFresh specimen from Sao Paulo, southeast coast
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Scientific Name Notarius luniscutis    (Valenciennes, 1840)
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Type Locality Brazil.
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Size 150mm or 5.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Humeral process pointed, triangular to elongated, but never fan-shaped; three pairs of barbels present; fleshy furrow between posterior nostrils absent; fleshy groove in median depression of head absent; coarse to sharp granules or spinulations on anterior surface of head shield absent; gill rakers on rear surfaces of first two gill arches absent. Has yellow fins, the body colour varies from grey to brown with a yellowish hue.
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Distribution South America: French Guiana and Brazil.
IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15, pp 109.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 02 00:47 (species record created: 2019 Feb 12 16:26)