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Etymology: Nematocharax: Greek, nemas, -atos = filament + Greek, charax = a marine fish without identification (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Weitzman, Menezes & Britski.
Issue
See Weitzman, Menezes & Britski for detailed description.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - 20. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 13614)
South America: Jequitinhonha River basin.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27925); 3.5 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Differs from its unique congener, Nematocharax costai, by having the following characters: presence of hooks or spinules on dorsal and pelvic-fins (vs. absence); more than seven anal-fin rays with spinules (vs. five rays); absence of a long dark pink horizontal mark on the caudal peduncle (vs. presence); four or fewer supraneurals (vs. five); pelvic-fin filament pale rosy (vs. yellow) (Ref. 93323).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Oyakawa, O.T., 1998. Catalogo dos tipos de peixes recentes do Museu de Zoologia da USP. I. Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Pap. Avuls. Zool. 39(23):443-507. (Ref. 27925)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00671 - 0.02974), b=3.08 (2.91 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).