Hemiodus jatuarana Langeani, 2004

Family:  Hemiodontidae (Halftooths)
Max. size: 
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Rio Trombetas, Amazon basin in Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Distinguished from its congeners by the presence of a horizontally elongated dark spot on the caudal peduncle, and by the absence of any other dark pigmentation pattern on the body. Differs from H. immaculatus, another species without dark pigmentation on the body, by having 25-27 epibranchial and 36-37 ceratobranchial gill rakers on the first branchial arch, and caudal-fin lobes without longitudinal stripes (Ref. 53268).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 19 August 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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