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Scientific Name	**Scleronema guapa** Ferrer & Malabarba, 2020
Common Name
Type Locality	Sanga Santo Antônio, tributary of rio Ibicuí da Armada, rio Ibicuí basin, lower rio Uruguay, Rosário do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, 30°17'41"S, 54°59'17"W.
Etymology	Scleronema: Greek, skleros = hard + Greek, nema = filament (or thread) referring to the hard base of the maxillary barbel. The specific epithet "guapa" is a regional adjective used to describe a beautiful person; an allusion to the beauty of the new species.
Habitat Information
Distribution	La Plata, Uruguay, Middle Uruguay, Ibicuí (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Neotropical Ichthyology v. 18 (no. 2): e190081, pp 11, Figs. 6-7.
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Last Update	2023 Nov 23 12:09 (species record created: 2020 Jun 13 21:23)