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Cribroheros rostratus (Gill, 1877)


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Nicaragua country information

Common names: Carate, Masamiche, Masamiches
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Heros rostratus, Lake Nicaragua, USNM 16872 (9), syntypes (Ref. 114771). Known from the Great Lakes. Also Ref. 13677.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Conkel, D., 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Carate, Masamiche, 大鼻双冠丽鱼, ... more

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlinae
Etymology: Cribroheros: Name from Latin noun 'crībrum' meaning sieve (verb crībrō meaning to sift or sieve), in combination with the old cichlid genus Heros meaning hero; referring to the substratum sifting feeding strategy..
  More on author: Gill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी


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