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Scientific Name	**Tatia jaracatia** Pavanelli & Bifi, 2009
Common Name
Type Locality	Lower rio Iguaçu basin, rio Jaracatiá, 25°38'17"S, 53°17'04"W, municípios de Salta do Lonta and Dois Cizinhos, Paraná State, Brazil.
Pronunciation	TA tee ah
Etymology	Tatia: Named after the ichthyologist C. Tate Regan.
Species Information
Size	66mm or 2.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	From original description: Tatia jaracatia can be diagnosed from T. intermedia by presenting caudal fin uniformly dark brown or with several dark brown chromatophores irregularly widespread, forming roundish blotches, and rarely forming stripes, and the humeral process long, reaching or surpassing the vertical line through origin of dorsal fin (vs. caudal fin with the same color pattern of the body, and humeral process shorter, not reaching that line).
Sexing	Mature males exhibit modified anal fin copulatory organ.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: lower rio Iguaçu basin, upstream from the Iguaçu falls, southern Brazil. La Plata, Paraná, Iguazu, Lower Iguazu (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Husbandry Information
Furniture	As the common name for this family, woodcat, implies, these fish like pieces of wood with crevices and gaps to squeeze into.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Neotropical Ichthyology v. 7 (no. 2), pp 200, Figs. 1-2.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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	LFS label creator ARN ref:1.22.131.1944
Last Update	2025 Jan 02 00:48 (species record created: 2003 Aug 26 00:00)