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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Crenuchidae (South American darters) > Characidiinae
Etymology: Characidium: Diminutive of Charax, -akos = a fish without identification (Ref. 45335); heirmostigmata: From the Greek heirmos (series) and stigmata (plural of stigma = marks), in reference to the series of black marks present on the body sides..

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: known only from rio Abelha, rio Barra Grande and rio Nestor of the upper rio Paraná basin in Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 74998)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11; Vertebrae: 34. Distinguished from all members of the genus Characidium, except Characidium serrano (upper rio Uruguai basin), in having 8-11 incomplete oblique bars on body sides, extending upwards and downwards from the lateral line and independent of the 8 or 9 dorsal transverse bars which usually are present in Characidium species. Can be differentiated from Characidium serrano in having a wider body width (12.2-15.7%) and lower number of perforated scales on lateral line (32-35) vs. 8.7-11.1% in SL and 37-39 scales in Characidium serrano (Ref. 74998).

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da Graça, W.F. and C.S. Pavanelli, 2008. Characidium heirmostigmata, a new characidiin fish (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6(1):53-36. (Ref. 74998)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; 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 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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

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Characidium heirmostigmata da Graça & Pavanelli, 2008