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Głębokość wody wynosiła około 2.4-3.0 m, roślinność brzegowa była tam nieliczna, a na skałach znajdowało się niewiele glonów. Odczyn pH wody wynosił około 7,8, była miękka, a jej temperatura wynosiła 24,5-25 °C.
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Habitat: Chortiheros wesseli was initially captured at the Belleaire River crossing opposite Entelina at the second bridge overpass east of Jutiapa. This river, a tributary to the Rio Jutiapa, had a maximum width of 20 m and was flowing at 1 m/sec over a bottom of boulders (45%), rocky rubble (25%), riffle and sand (25%), and silt (5%). The water clarity during the dry season (January to June) is referred to as spectacular. River depth was about 2.4-3.0 m and there was little marginal vegetation, with some algae on the rocks. Water pH is around 7.8, soft and with a temperature was 24.5-25 °C. No trees grew along the banks where the fish were collected, although they are lined with lush green vegetation. The new species prefers areas with boulders, rocks and the fastest flow. Even in natural habitat this fish is rare, Rusty Wessel gave a rough estimate of one C. wesseli per one thousand other fish (Compiled from Miller, 1996:183; Wessel, 1998).
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Biotope: Chortiheros wesseli was initially captured at the Belleaire River crossing opposite Entelina at the second bridge overpass east of Jutiapa. This river, a tributary to the Rio Jutiapa, had a maximum width of 20 m and was flowing at 1 m/sec over a bottom of boulders (45%), rocky rubble (25%), riffle and sand (25%), and silt (5%). The water clarity during the dry season (January to June) is referred to as spectacular. River depth was about 2.4-3.0 m and there was little marginal vegetation, with some algae on the rocks. Water pH is around 7.8, soft and with a temperature was 24.5-25 °C. No trees grew along the banks where the fish were collected, although they are lined with lush green vegetation. The new species prefers areas with boulders, rocks and the fastest flow. Even in natural habitat this fish is rare, Rusty Wessel gave a rough estimate of one C. wesseli per one thousand other fish (Compiled from Miller, 1996:183; Wessel, 1998).
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