Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9. Caudal fin count, 25 soft rays. Ovary weight, 0.055 kg (E.Perusquia as pers. comm., 02/05).

Common Names

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Kaprovec středoamerický , Czech , Czechia

Southern buffalo , English , Mexico

Usumacinta buffalo , English , USA

Lõuna-piisonkala , Estonian , Estonia

南方牛胭脂魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

南方牛胭脂鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Chopa , Spanish , Mexico

Matalote meridional , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Catostomidae

Genus: Ictiobus

Species: Ictiobus meridionalis (Günther, 1868)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Biology

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Weight of 8,405 grams reported for a specimen caught in Misicab Island, Tabasco, Mexico (E.Perusquia as pers. comm., 02/05).

Habitat

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demersal

Conservation Status

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Data deficient

Threat to Humans

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Harmless