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Hypomasticus mormyrops

Hypomasticus mormyrops

Classification

Hypomasticus mormyrops is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. This fish is endemic to southeastern Brazil. Taxonomy Hypomasticus mormyrops was first formally described as Leporinus mormyrops in 1875 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner, with its type locality given as the Río Parahyba and the Río Piabanha in Brazil.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 30