Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Sébastien Brosse, Fréderic Melki & Régis Vigouroux, 2019, Fishes of the Mitaraka Mountains (French Guiana), Zoosystema 41 (8), pp. 131-151 : 140

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a8
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5931592
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scientific name	Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) View in CoL

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FIRST RECORD FOR THE MITARAKA. — Keith et al. 2006.

OCCURENCES. — S2, S5, S9, S10, S11, S14.

SPECIMENS IN COLLECTION. — 4 MNHN (MNHN-IC- 2018 -0457, MNHN-IC-2018-0458, MNHN-IC-2018-0459, MNHN-

IC-2018 -0460); 3 Hydreco.

DISTRIBUTION IN FRENCH GUIANA. — Widespread.

ECOLOGY. — Found in pools or hidden under branches in slow flowing and standing water areas in both Alama mainstream and tributaries. Observed individuals were red bellied and had an elongated dorsal fin. Captured using rotenone and in baited traps. Also observed in underwater inventories.

SPECIES CODE. — EERY.