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Rhaphiodon vulpinus (Biara)

Synonyms: Hydropardus rapax; Raphiodon vulpinus; Rhaphiodontichthys vulpinus; Salmo tamuco (heterotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

The biara (Rhaphiodon vulpinus) is a South American piscivorous fish. It belongs to the monotypic genus Rhaphiodon. It is found in the Amazon, Orinoco, and the Paraná River basins.
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Orinoco Guiana Shield Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Upland Rivers    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve State Sustainable Development Reserve VI 3260792 Amazonas, Brazil  
Manú National Park II 4213523 Cusco, Peru  
Otishi National Park 760925 Peru  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Yasuni Biosphere Reserve 4156313 Ecuador  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Choanoscolex abscissus <Unverified Name>[1]
Eustrongylides ignotus[1]
Guyanema raphiodoni <Unverified Name>[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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