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(
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.)
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Fig. 47. 
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(melanistic variety), Lam Tsuen River, note damaged dorsal fin, photographed by Chun Hin Wan.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[813,961,2055,2079]" pageId="22" pageNumber="150">Distribution.</emphasis>
Lam Tsuen River (
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; C.H. Wan, pers. comm., 2021).
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Central and South America.
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Has only been recorded twice, twenty years apart. It is scarce in the wild despite its prevalence in the local aquarium trade, suggesting that it has difficulty establishing itself.
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