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About 100 fish species are native to the Iguazu River, and several undescribed species are known. [10] [11] Most fish species in the river are catfish, characiforms and cichlids. [11] [12] About 70% are endemic, which to a large extent is linked to the falls, serving both as a home for rheophilic species and isolating species above and below.
Rineloricaria maacki is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. [1] It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Iguazu River in the Paraná River basin in Brazil.
Iguaçu National Park (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a national park in Paraná State, Brazil.It comprises a total area of 185,262.5 hectares (457,794 acres) and a length of about 420 kilometers (260 mi), 300 kilometers (190 mi) of which are natural borders by bodies of water and the Argentine and Brazilian sides together comprise around 260,000 hectares (640,000 acres). [1]
E. erythrinus is a South American freshwater fish that is native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins, as well as rivers in the Guianas. [2] The species is also reported as native to the Paraná—Paraguay basin, including the Pantanal, [3] [4] but the population in the lower Paraná basin and Iguazu basin may be an undescribed species. [5]
Hypostomus commersoni [1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae.It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Paraná River drainage, including the Iguazu River, the Paraguay River, the Río de la Plata, and the Dulce River.
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It is found in the lower Iguazú River basin above the Iguazú Falls in Argentina. Distributional range extends upstream of the Misiones Province, Argentina into the neighboring state of Paraná, Brazil. This species reaches a length of 12 cm (4.7 in). [1] [2]
O. bonariensis resembles the other species in the genus Odontesthes, [8] but it is larger, generally reaching up to 50 cm (1.6 ft) in total length, [9] and exceptionally as much as 82 cm (2.7 ft) long and 5.2 kg (11 lb 7 oz) in weight (reports of even larger are unconfirmed and questionable).