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Uruguay Tetra

Cheirodon interruptus

Classification

Cheirodon interruptus, the Uruguay tetra or mojarrita, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Characidae. This fish is found in South America. Taxonomy Cheirodon interruptus was first formally described in 1842 by the English clergyman and naturalist Leonard Jenyns, with its type locality given as Laguna del Diario at 34°54'S, 55°00'W in Maldonado, Uruguay.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 106Argentina · 72Uruguay · 22Chile · 2