River

Itú

One profile names the Itú. That is what has been written, not what lives there.

Species: 1
Families: 1
Photographed: 1 of 1
Difficulty rated: 1 of 1

Basin

Uruguay basin

That fish is also recorded from

Runs through

Brazil

Individual from the UK aquarium trade; note the location of the anal- and dorsal-fin origins (see 'Notes').

Iguanodectes adujai

Iguanodectidae · Géry, 1970

62mm SL2.4in SL

90 × 30cm36 × 12in

20–26°C68–79°F

This species is known from the rio Negro within the Brazilan Amazon basin and upper Río Orinoco system in Venezuela. Type locality is 'Rio Adujá, Rio Itú, tributary of middle Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil'.