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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Hypopomidae (Bluntnose knifefishes)
Etymology: Brachyhypopomus: Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, hypo = under + Greek, poma, -atos = cover (Ref. 45335); sullivani: Named for John P. Sullivan, American (USA) ichthyologist, for his contributions to gymnotiform biology. A noun in the genitive case..

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116763); 12.7 cm TL (female)

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Occurs only in gently flowing, normoxic, low-conductivity streams and small rivers in closed canopy rainforest and savanna, where it is typically encountered in or near aquatic vegetation, root mass, or leaf litter. Feeds on aquatic insect larvae (primarily Chironomidae), and other small aquatic invertebrates in the type locality, stream near Jenaro Herrera, río Ucayali, Amazonas drainage. Spawns during the rainy season, approximately December-April, both in the type locality and in the vicinity of Tefé, Brazil (Ref. 116763).

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Crampton, W.G.R., C.D. de Santana, J.C. Waddell and N.R. Lovejoy, 2017. A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical electric fish genus Brachyhypopomus (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae), with descriptions of 15 new species. Neotrop. ichthyol. 14(4):e150146. (Ref. 116763)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 September 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00145 - 0.00994), b=3.06 (2.83 - 3.29), 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

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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