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Platanichthys platana (River Plate sprat)

Synonyms: Clupea melanostoma limnoica (heterotypic); Lile platana; Ramnogaster melanostoma limnoica; Spratella pallida; Stolephorus otidus (heterotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

Platanichthys platana, the Rio Plata sprat, is a very small species of fish belonging to the herring family, Clupeidae. It is endemic to South America. It is the only species in its genus.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parque Atlantico Mar Chiquita Nature Reserve VI 706059 Cordoba, Argentina  

Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[1]

Predators

Rhamdia cinerascens (Catfish)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Feeding strategy of the jundiá Rhamdia quelen (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) in costal lagoons of southern Brazil, Mateus Tavares Kütter, Marlise de Azevedo Bemvenuti and Alex Moresco, Maringá, v. 31, n. 1, p. 41-47, 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0