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Sapucaia Toothcarp
Phalloceros leptokeras
Phalloceros leptokeras, the Sapucaia toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil.
From the article Phalloceros leptokeras on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Phalloceros leptokeras is found in Brazil in the middle portions of rio Paraíba do Sul drainage.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
The fish is named in Latin; leptos means "narrow", and keras, "horn", refers to the large, slender sickle-like hook on the gonopodial appendix.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 619508.