Fishes of the Mitaraka Mountains (French Guiana)
Author
Sébastien Brosse
Author
Fréderic Melki
Author
Régis Vigouroux
text
Zoosystema
2019
2019-04-01
41
8
131
151
journal article
27313
10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a8
d7ce61a6-6575-4dbf-804b-7399bfb9d1d9
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F175E88B-F75F-4BDF-87AC-9BF8C46BF714
Guyanancistrus megastictus
Fisch-Muller,
Mol & Covain, 2018
(
Fig. 18
)
FIRST RECORD FOR THE MITARAKA. — Fisch-Muller
et al.
2018.
OCCURENCES. — S1, S3, S11, S12.
SPECIMENS IN COLLECTION. — 4
MNHN
(MNHN-IC-2018-0477, MNHN-IC-2018-0478, MNHN-IC-2018-0479, MNHN-
IC-2018
-0480); 3
Hydreco
.
DISTRIBUTION IN
FRENCH GUIANA
. — Restricted to the Mitaraka Mountains.
ECOLOGY. — Found in both Alama mainstream and tributaries. Species living mainly on rocks but also found on flooded woods. Captured using rotenone and observed in underwater inventories.
SPECIES CODE. — GMEG.