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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Anostomidae (Headstanders)
Etymology: Pseudanos: Derived from Greek, pseudes = false (Ref. 45335); winterbottomi: Named in honor of Richard Winterbottom for his significant contributions to anostomine systematics and natural history.
Eponymy: Dr Richard ‘Rick’ Winterbottom (d: 1944) is an evolutionary biologist and ichthyologist who was born in Zambia. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: Rio Tapajos drainage in Brazil and throughout Rio Orinoco drainage, including the rios Casiquiare, Cinaruco, San Bartolo and Ventuari.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55429)

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Vertebrae: 38 - 44. The only member of the subfamily Anostominae with a single longitudinal stripe. It also lacks transverse bars across the dorsum. Resembles P. gracilis but is distinguished by the following characters: a dark horizontal stripe along the lower half of the lateral-line scale row and the upper half of the row adjoining; four branchiostegal rays; two pores on the sensory canal of the nasal bone between its anterior and posterior openings; four pores associated with the sensory canal of infraorbital one and arranged in an approximate square; nearly complete closure of the metapterygoid/quadrate fenestra; absence of a posterior process of the ectopterygoid running ventral to the palatine in lateral view; presence of a dorsal process of the mesopterygoid that wraps around the posterior of the palatine; and a palatine with a high arch and thick, blocklike morphology (Ref. 55429).

Adults are found in deep and clearwater pool (Ref. 55429). Stomach contents contain sand, woody debris and a fibrous plant material (Ref. 55429). Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).

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Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).

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Sidlaukas, B.L. and G.M. dos Santos, 2005. Pseudanos winterbottomi: a new anostomine species (Teleostei: Characiformes: Anostomidae) from Venezuela and Brazil, and comments on its phylogenetic relationships. Copeia 2005(1):109-123. (Ref. 55429)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 June 2020

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Fisheries: of no interest

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00507 - 0.02267), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.5 ±0.1 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 (10 of 100).

Pseudanos winterbottomi Sidlauskas & Santos, 2005