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Scientific Name	**Tenellus trimaculatus** (Boulenger, 1898)
Common Names	Three Spot Mouse Catfish Treplettet Musemalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Rio Juruá, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Leptodoras trimaculatus, Nemadoras trimaculatus, Opsodoras ogilviev, Opsodoras trimacualtus, Oxydoras trimaculatus
Etymology	Tenellus comes from the Latin tener, meaning delicate, in reference to the delicate appearance of those dorads.
Species Information
Size	108mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo River basins. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo, Rupununi (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 14 (pt 7, no. 2) pp422 Pl. 40 (fig. 1)
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2024 Mar 16 03:39 (species record created: 2006 Feb 20 00:00)