''Sartor'' is a genus of
headstander
A headstander is any of several species of South American fish, including '' Anostomus ternetzi'', '' Anostomus anostomus'' (family Anostomidae) and members of genus '' Chilodus'' from the family Chilodontidae. The name derives from their habit ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. The genus is found in the eastern
Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...
, specifically in the
Xingu,
Tocantins
Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 20 ...
,
Mapuera and
Trombetas
The Trombetas is a large river on the northern side of the Amazon River.
Course
The Trombetas is long, and is navigable by 500 ton vessels for a stretch of . The Trombetas river gives birth to very many rivers, including the Anamu river.
It is ...
basins.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Sartor elongatus''
dos Santos & Jégu, 1987
* ''
Sartor respectus''
G. S. Myers & A. L. de Carvalho, 1959
* ''
Sartor tucuruiense''
dos Santos & Jégu, 1987
References
Anostomidae
Fish of South America
Fish of Brazil
Endemic fauna of Brazil
Taxa named by George S. Myers
Taxa named by Antenor Leitão de Carvalho
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