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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Stevardiinae
Etymology: weitzmani: Lophiobrycon: Greek lophia = crest (in reference to the elongate adipose fin in mature males). weitzmani: Dedicated to Stanley H. Weitzman for his work on Neotropical Characiformes, especially on the subfamily Glandulocaudulinae (Cha.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.9 - 7.0. Tropical; 19°C - 21°C (Ref. 52251); 20°S - 21°S

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South America: Upper Paraná River basin (Brazil).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 52251); 2.7 cm SL (female)

Most of the specimens were caught in a flooded/marshy area draining into the stream, with little current on a muddy bottom with a large amount of decomposing litter. Few specimens were caught in the stream itself, in a margin area of slower current under riparian vegetation over a bottom of rocks, pebbles and sand, with submerged litter only on the bottom of the larger and deeper pools. The species eats mainly aquatic and terrestrial arthropods. Sexual dimorphism (Ref. 52251).

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Castro, R.M.C., A.C. Ribeiro, R.C. Benine and A.L.A. Melo, 2003. Lophiobrycon weitzmani, a new genus and species of glandulocaudine fish (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Grande drainage, upper rio Paraná system, southeastern Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 1(1):11-19. (Ref. 52251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Endangered (EN) (B2ab(ii,iii)); Date assessed: 07 November 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.42 se; based on food items.

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).

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