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Scientific Name	**Paracetopsis atahualpa** Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Common Name
Type Locality	Río Tumbes, Cabo Inga (3°58'00''S, 80°24'59''W), Tumbes, Peru.
Etymology	A combination of Greek 'Para' - near or beside, Cetopsis - indicating that this genus is similar to Cetopsis, but sufficiently different to warrant its own genus. The species name, atahualpa, is in reference to Atahualpa who reigned from 1515 to 1533 as the last ruler of the Inca Empire that encompassed the region from which the population samples of this species originated.
Species Information
Size	242mm or 9.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Paracetopsis can be distinguished from all other genera in the Cetopsinae by the combination of the possession of a vomerine tooth patch with two or more rows of teeth and a medial gap between the contralateral components of the tooth patch.
Sexing	Males have distal filaments on the first fin rays of the dorsal and anal fins and in the convex margin of the anal fin.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Rio Tumbes in Peru and rio Zarumilla in Ecuador. Ecuador Pacific Coast Rivers, Zarumilla (click on these areas to find other species found there) Peru Pacific Rivers, Tumbes (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Vulnerable , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Neotropical Ichthyology v. 3 (no. 2), pp 223, Fig. 54.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 11:57 (species record created: 2009 Jan 02 13:33)