Guyanancistrus megastictus Fisch-Muller, Mol & Covain, 2018

Sébastien Brosse, Fréderic Melki & Régis Vigouroux, 2019, Fishes of the Mitaraka Mountains (French Guiana), Zoosystema 41 (8), pp. 131-151 : 144

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.5931616
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scientific name	Guyanancistrus megastictus Fisch-Muller, Mol & Covain, 2018
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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.