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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Megalancistrus: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Peters.
Issue
New combination. After examination of the holotype of Pterygoplichthys (Ancistrus) parananus, it is clearly established that Chaetostoma aculeatus belong to the same species and therefore is a junior synonym of this species. Redescription in Pignalberi (1970: 379).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal. Temperate
South America: Paraguay, Paraná and Uruguay River basins.
Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 17.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 58.8 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 56003)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36713)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01862 (0.01154 - 0.03004), b=3.01 (2.88 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Muito baixo(a), tempo mínimo de duplicação da população maior que 14 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).