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Rheophile

Index Rheophile

A rheophile prefers to live in fast moving water. [1]

32 relations: Amazon basin, American dipper, Ancylus fluviatilis, Aylacostoma, Bithynia tentaculata, Catfish, Chiloglanis, Congo River, Cyprinidae, Family (biology), Genus, Gyrinocheilus, Harlequin duck, Hillstream loach, Ide (fish), Loricariidae, Madagascar, Mayfly, Ossubtus xinguense, Oxylapia, Paramesotriton labiatus, Paretroplus, Retroculus, River ecosystem, Steatocranus, Strauch's spotted newt, Streber, Teleocichla, Teleogramma, The Guianas, Tometes, Xingu River.

Amazon basin

The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.

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American dipper

The American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), also known as a water ouzel, is a stocky dark grey bird with a head sometimes tinged with brown, and white feathers on the eyelids that cause the eyes to flash white as the bird blinks.

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Ancylus fluviatilis

Ancylus fluviatilis is a species of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the tribe Ancylini within the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

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Aylacostoma

Aylacostoma is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Thiaridae.

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Bithynia tentaculata

Bithynia tentaculata, common names the mud bithynia or common bithynia, or faucet snailKipp R. M. & Benson A. (2008).

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Catfish

Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.

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Chiloglanis

Chiloglanis is a genus of upside-down catfishes native to Africa.

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Congo River

The Congo River (also spelled Kongo River and known as the Zaire River) is the second longest river in Africa after the Nile and the second largest river in the world by discharge volume of water (after the Amazon), and the world's deepest river with measured depths in excess of.

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Cyprinidae

The Cyprinidae are the family of freshwater fishes, collectively called cyprinids, that includes the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives (for example, the barbs and barbels).

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Gyrinocheilus

Gyrinocheilus is the single genus in the family Gyrinocheilidae, a family of small Southeast Asian cypriniform fishes that live in fast-flowing freshwater mountain streams.

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Harlequin duck

The harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) is a small sea duck.

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Hillstream loach

The hillstream loaches or river loaches are a family, the Balitoridae, of small fish from South, Southeast and East Asia.

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Ide (fish)

The ide (Leuciscus idus), or orfe, is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae found in larger rivers, ponds, and lakes across northern Europe and Asia.

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Loricariidae

Loricariidae is the largest family of catfish (order Siluriformes), with 92 genera and just over 680 species to date, with new species being described each year.

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Madagascar

Madagascar (Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan'i Madagasikara; République de Madagascar), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa.

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Mayfly

Mayflies (also known as Canadian soldiers in the United States, and as shadflies or fishflies in Canada and the upper Midwestern U.S.; also up-winged flies in the United Kingdom) are aquatic insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera.

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Ossubtus xinguense

Ossubtus xinguense, the parrot pacu or eaglebeak pacu, is a species of fish in the family Serrasalmidae endemic to rapids in the Xingu River basin in the Brazilian Amazon.

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Oxylapia

Oxylapia is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae.

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Paramesotriton labiatus

Paramesotriton labiatus is a species of newt in the family Salamandridae. It is endemic to Guangxi, China. In literature prior to 2011, this species may have been confused with Paramesotriton chinensis, Pachytriton granulosus, or Paramesotriton ermizhaoi (the last now in synonymy). This species has several vernacular names, including Unterstein's newt, spotless stout newt, spotless smooth warty newt, Zhao Ermi's smooth warty newt, and paddletail newt.

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Paretroplus

Paretroplus is a genus of fishes in the cichlid family, all of which are endemic to lakes and rivers of Madagascar.

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Retroculus

Retroculus is a genus of cichlids native to tropical South America, where three are native to rivers in southeastern Amazon Basin in Brazil, while the final is native to rivers in Amapá (Brazil) and French Guiana.

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River ecosystem

The ecosystem of a river is the river viewed as a system operating in its natural environment, and includes biotic (living) interactions amongst plants, animals and micro-organisms, as well as abiotic (nonliving) physical and chemical interactions.

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Steatocranus

Steatocranus is a genus of small rheophilic cichlids mostly native to the Congo River Basin in DR Congo/Congo Brazzaville, although one species, S. irvinei, is restricted to the Volta River in Ghana and will likely be removed from this genus at a future date.

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Strauch's spotted newt

Strauch's spotted newt (Neurergus strauchii) is one of four species of salamander in the genus Neurergus.

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Streber

The streber (Zingel streber) is a species of fish in the family Percidae.

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Teleocichla

Teleocichla is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae found in the Tapajós, Xingu and Tocantins River basins, which are part of the Amazon River Basin in South America.

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Teleogramma

Teleogramma is an African genus of cichlids with five species.

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The Guianas

The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word Guayanas (Las Guayanas), are a region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories.

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Tometes

Tometes is a genus of fish in the family Serrasalmidae found in fast-flowing rivers in northern South America.

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Xingu River

The Xingu River (Rio Xingu) is a river in north Brazil.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheophile

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