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Hypseleotris compressaEmpire Gudgeon
Krefft, 1864
Matched on the common name Empire Gudgeon
Max length120mm SL5in SLTank80 × 30cm31 × 12inTemp20–35°C68–95°FpH5.0–9.1Occurs in northern and eastern Australia and southern New Guinea. In the former its range extends from the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia state around the northern and eastern coastlines of the continent as far as the Towamba river system in New South Wales state.
Corydoras davidsandsiSand's Cory
Black, 1987
Max length60mm SL2.4in SLTank90 × 30cm36 × 12inTemp20–28°C68–82°FpH5.0–7.0The type series was said to have been collected from a "whitewater area", but images of the rio Unini depict a blackwater system typical of the rio Negro basin, and this is supported by empirical evidence. There are sections of rapidly-flowing water so perhaps this is what the author was referring to. Habitats should therefore comprise tributaries and areas of flooded forest where the water is...