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Scientific Name	**Corymbophanes andersoni** Eigenmann, 1909
Common Name
Type Locality	Aruataima Falls, Upper Potaro River, Guyana, 5°00'05'N, 59°37'33"W.
Etymology	(Greek)Korymbos=summit, cluster of fruit or flowers + (Greek)phaino=to shine.
Species Information
Size	86mm or 3.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Distinguished from C. kaiei by having the abdomen lightly colored, caudal fin without light bands, anal fin I,4, caudal peduncle strongly compressed, and 5 plates below adpressed pectoral fin spine. Generic characteristics: caudal fin 1, 14, 1; adipose fin replaced by low elongate postdorsal ridge formed by series of raised median unpaired plates contiguous with dorsal procurrent caudal fin spines.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Essequibo River drainage, upper Potaro River, upstream Kaieteur Falls. Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo, Potaro, Upper Potaro (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1), pp 5.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2019 Oct 07 10:33 (species record created: 2005 Mar 12 00:00)