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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico; pH range: 5.0 - 9.0; potamódromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 0 - 5 m (Ref. 10615). Tropical; 22°C - 30°C (Ref. 9110); 1°N - 8°S
South America: Amazon River basin.
Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 15.5, range 15 - 16 cm
Max length : 23.8 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 111115); common length : 14.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 10612); common length :18 cm TL (female); peso máx. publicado: 211.00 g (Ref. 111115)
Occurs over sandy bottoms in rivers. Usually forms schools. Mainly diurnal (Ref. 9086). Feeds on the fruits and seeds of Moraceae, Myrtaceae, Euphorbiaceae; Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Lepidoptera, and Brachyplatystoma flavicans (Ref. 9086); and on plankton, nekton, and crustaceans (Ref. 10615).
Males and females spawn in groups; often two or more males curled around one female (Ref. 10612).
Lima, F.C.T., L.R. Malabarba, P.A. Buckup, J.F. Pezzi da Silva, R.P. Vari, A. Harold, R. Benine, O.T. Oyakawa, C.S. Pavanelli, N.A. Menezes, C.A.S. Lucena, M.C.S.L. Malabarba, Z.M.S. Lucena, R.E. Reis, F. Langeani, C. Moreira et al. …, 2003. Genera Incertae Sedis in Characidae. p. 106-168. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 38376)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES (Ref. 131153)
Not Evaluated
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: pesca de subsistência; isca: occasionally
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.01043 - 0.01913), b=2.91 (2.84 - 2.98), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.7 ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).