Fish diversity of the Amazon River, Peru

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Fish diversity of the Amazon River, Peru

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Fish diversity is extremely high in the Amazon River and its backwaters. These 23 different species were collected in a single seine haul in a backwater of the Amazon near the city of Iquitos, Peru. Photo, June 1974.

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Wayne Wurtsbaugh

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Registered: January 2000
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Date: January 21, 2005
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Keywords: fish diversity amazon river iquitos piranah angelfish catfish limnology

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