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Moenkhausia bellasomniosa Soares, Lima, Bastos & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2019 Sleeping beauty tetra |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae (American tetras), subfamily: Stichonodontinae | |||
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| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This differs from all its congeners, except M. agnesae, M. beninei, by having a sinuous humeral blotch, similar to a compressed letter Z; with distinct dark longitudinal stripes along the body sides; differs from agnesae and beninei by having the single humeral blotch and longitudinal stripes running through the center of the scales, which are more conspicuous dorsally (Ref. 138307). | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||