• Synaptolaemus is a genus of headstanders native to South America, where found in the Orinoco, Casiquiare and Amazon Basin. Synaptolaemus are elongate in...
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  • (2011). Synaptolaemus latofasciatus, a new combination for Leporinus latofasciatus Steindachner, 1910 and its junior synonym Synaptolaemus cingulatus...
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  • 27 cm (11 in) Striped headstander Anostomus anostomus 16 cm (6.3 in) Synaptolaemus latofasciatus 11 cm (4.3 in) Siver distichodus Distichodus affinis 20 cm...
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    cleaning the piscivorous Hoplias cf. malabaricus. In public aquariums, Synaptolaemus headstanders have been seen cleaning larger fish. A facultative cleaner...
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    species) Pseudanos (four species; paraphyletic?) Sartor (three species) Synaptolaemus (two species) In Brazil, many species of Leporinus, Rhytiodus, and Schizodon...
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