Issue
See Lucena & Menezes (1998) for phylogenetic relationships and Menezes & Lucena (1998) for detailed description.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: upper and middle Amazon basin and rivers Essequibo, Branco and Negro.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33012)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 4 - 5; Anal soft rays: 41 - 43; Vertebrae: 37 - 40. This species is distinguished from R. molossus by having fewer branched anal-fin rays (41-43, versus 43-47). It differs from R. itupiranga by having more anal-fin rays (41-43, versus 38-41), fewer scale rows between lateral line and anal-fin origin (15-16, versus 18-19) and fewer scale rows around caudal peduncle(27-28, versus 30-31).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Menezes, N.A. and C.A.S. de Lucena, 1998. Revision of the subfamily Roestinae (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Cynodontidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(3):279-291. (Ref. 33012)
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 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00182 - 0.01257), b=3.13 (2.90 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.7 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 (13 of 100).