Whale Catfishes The family Cetopsidae consists of 41 known species of small to moderate sized fishes which share an anal fin with a long base, a lack of spines in the pectoral and dorsal fins other than in a few species of the subfamily Cetopsinae, and the lack of a nasal barbel, a free orbital mar
the Orinoco River system and the coastal rivers of the Guianas, south through the Amazon
With over a million known species, insects are by far the most diverse group of organisms on Earth, with conservative estimates indicating there are millions more waiting to be found. But extinction due to human pressures may be outpacing the rate of discovery, with species disappearing before resea
glasswings are highly diverse in particular parts of their range, including the Amazon
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Cetopsis coecutiens (Lichtenstein, 1819) Identification: Cetopsis coecutiens can be distinguished from all of its congeners by the combination of the presence of an eye, the conical teeth on the vomer and dentary, a body depth greater than 0.22 of SL, the elongated filaments on the distal portion
Range: Cetopsis coecutiens is broadly distributed through the Amazon basin in Bolivia
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Cetopsis candiru Spix & Agassiz, 1829 Identification: Cetopsis candiru can be distinguished from all of its congeners by the combination of its relatively shallow body at the origin of the dorsal fin (0.20 of SL or less versus 0.22 of SL or more, respectively) and the form of the teeth on the
Range: Cetopsis candiru is widely distributed through the Amazon basin in Bolivia
Helogenes marmoratus Gunther, 1863 Identification: The possession of nine principal fin rays in the lower lobe of the caudal fin of Helogenes marmoratus distinguished the species from H. gouldingi and H. castaneus, which have eight principal rays on the lower lobe of that fin. The 39-48 anal-fin
from the Atlantic drainages of Guianas, upper Orinoco and Negro systems and upper Amazon
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boring’ butterflies shows they’re anything but Walk a short distance through the Amazon
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