Eigenmannia besouro

Eigenmannia besouro Peixoto & Wosiacki, 2016

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes)
Etymology: Eigenmannia: From Eigenmann, 1910, researcher of faunistic studies (Ref. 45335); besouro: The specific name besouro ('beetle' in Portuguese) is in honor of Manoel Henrique Pereira, known as Besouro Mangangá '‘The Mangangá Beetle'), a native of the Recôncavo region of Bahia, and a legendary figure in the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira. A noun in opposition.
Eponymy: Professor Dr Carl Henry Eigenmann (1863–1927) was a German-born American ichthyologist. [...] Manoel Henrique Pereira (1895–1924) was known by his nickname, Besouro Mangangá (The Mangangá Beetle). He came from the Recôncavo region of Bahia, Brazil (where this knifefish occurs), and was a legendary figure in the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: São Francisco River basin in Bahia, Brazil.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 115976)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Peixoto, L.A.W. and W.B. Wosiacki, 2016. Eigenmannia besouro, a new species of the Eigenmannia trilineata species-group (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4126(2):262-270. (Ref. 115976)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Near Threatened (NT) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 07 January 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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