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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical
South America: Leoncito National Park in the Andes of Argentina.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95056)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Distinguished from the other two known congeners by the following characters: coloration pattern consisting of a dark marmorated head and body that fades to a paler color ventrally; pelvic fin and girdle absent; seven to nine opercular odontodes, 18-28 interopercular odontodes; caudal-fin length 19.9-24.0 % SL; length of dorsal fin base 10.1-13.1 % SL, and head width 13.3-15.9 % SL (Ref. 88804).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Fernández, L., Dominino J, F. Brancolini and C. Baigún, 2011. A new catfish species of the genus Silvinichthys (Teleostei: Trichomycteridae) from Leoncito National Park, Argentina. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 22(3):227-232. (Ref. 88804)
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 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00661 (0.00282 - 0.01550), b=2.99 (2.79 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).