River
Paru (Brazil)
2 profiles across 2 families name the Paru (Brazil) as a locality.
- Species
- 2
- Families
- 2
- Photographed
- 2 of 2
- Difficulty rated
- 2 of 2
Basin
Also in the Amazon basinspecies recorded from both
Shares fishes with rivers elsewherespecies recorded from both
Runs through
Geophagus altifrons
Cichlidae · Heckel, 1840
Despite its designation as type species this is among the most frequently-misidentified members of the genus. This is in part because its natural distribution was earlier considered even more extensive than the still-substantial range recognised today, with populations from the Río Orinoco, Guianas and rio Tocantins now recognised as species in their own right.
Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdusFlag Tetra
Characidae · Ulrey, 1894
Its name appears to have been misapplied to similar-looking fishes occurring throughout much of the middle and lower Amazon in Brazil and Colombia, plus the rio Orinoco drainage in Colombia and Venezuela, and coastal systems of the Guianas. Some of these have been described as distinct species (e.g. Hyphessobrycon amapaensis Zarske & Géry 1998; H. eschwartzae García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Ortega 2013; H. montagi Lima, Couthino & Woziacki 2014), whereas the identity of others remains un...