Characidium zebra Eigenmann, 1909

Sébastien Brosse, Fréderic Melki & Régis Vigouroux, 2019, Fishes of the Mitaraka Mountains (French Guiana), Zoosystema 41 (8), pp. 131-151 : 136

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a8
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F175E88B-F75F-4BDF-87AC-9BF8C46BF714
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5931572
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scientific name	Characidium zebra Eigenmann, 1909
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FIRST RECORD FOR THE MITARAKA. — This study.

OCCURENCES. — S3, S8, S9, S11.

SPECIMEN IN COLLECTION. — None.

DISTRIBUTION IN FRENCH GUIANA. — Widespread.

ECOLOGY. — Observed on sandy bottoms and moderate to high current velocities in both Alama mainstream and tributaries. Lies immobile head directed upstream, waiting for drifting food. Captured using rotenone and observed in underwater inventories.

SPECIES CODE. — CZEB.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Characiformes
Family	Characidae
Genus	Characidium

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