''Glanidium botocudo'' is a
species
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of
driftwood catfish
The driftwood catfishes are catfishes of the family Auchenipteridae. The two genera of the former family Ageneiosidae have been placed here, resulting in a grouping of about 125 species in about 22 genera.
These fish are found in rivers from Pan ...
es found in coastal rivers systems, such as the
Rio Doce
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The river basin is economically important. In 2015 the collapse of a dam released highly contaminated water from mining into the river ...
and the
Rio Mucuri in
Brazil
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.
[Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. (2013)]
''Glanidium botocudo'', a new species from the rio Doce and rio Mucuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with comments on taxonomic position of ''Glanidium bockmanni'' Sarmento-Soares & Buckup.
''Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 265-274.'' This species reaches a length of .
References
Catfish of South America
Taxa named by Luisa Maria Sarmento-Soares
Taxa named by Ronaldo Fernando Martins-Pinheiro
Fish described in 2013
Auchenipteridae
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