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  • Pareiodon microps
  • Pareiodon microps
  • Pareiodon microps
  • Pareiodon microps
  • Pareiodon microps
  • Pareiodon microps
  • Pareiodon microps
  • Pareiodon microps
  • Pareiodon micropsClose-up of head
  • Pareiodon microps
  • Pareiodon microps
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Scientific Name Pareiodon microps    Kner, 1855
Common Name
Type Locality Borba, Rio Madeira, Brazil.
Synonym(s) Trichomycterus pusillus
Etymology Pareiodon: From the Greek, pareion, meaning cheek and odontos, meaning teeth, in reference to the small opercular and interopercular spines. 
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Distribution South America: Amazon River basin.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 17, pp 160 [71], Fig. 2
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:31 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 16:12)