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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Cheirodontinae
Etymology: Serrapinnus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus + Latin, pinna = spiny, thorn (Ref. 45335); aster: The specific name refers to the star-shaped ventral profile of the set of hypertrophied procurrent caudal-fin rays present in the mature males of the species..

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: Upper portions of the rio Tocantins basin, mainly in the tributaries of the rio Paraná and rio Tocantins, Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96959)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal soft rays: 19 - 22. Serrapinnus aster can be distinguished from all congeners except S. potiguar, by having scimitar-shaped ventral procurrent caudal-fin rays in mature males, almost all of which form a semicircle, resulting in a portion of the ventral procurrent caudal-fin rays having a multi-pointed partial star-shaped margin (vs. ventral procurrent caudal-fin rays rod-shaped or spatulate, usually parallel to each other, except for the anteriormost procurrent rays being inclined forward in some species). It differs from S. potiguar and congeners by having 7-9 cusps on the premaxillary teeth (vs. 5 cusps in S. microdon and S. potiguar, 9 -11 in S. lucindai, S. sterbai and S. tocantinensis and 10-12 in S. gracilis and S. littoris), incomplete lateral line (vs. complete in S. heterodon), dorsal fin hyaline (vs. with a proximal black blotch in S. notomelas), and the absence of a black spot on the posteroventral region of the abdomen (vs. presence in S. kriegi) (Ref. 96959).

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Malabarba, L.R. and F.C. Jerep, 2014. Review of the species of the genus Serrapinnus Malabarba, 1998 (Teleostei: Characidae: Cheirodontinae) from the rio Tocantins-Araguaia basin, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3847(1):057-079. (Ref. 96959)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 November 2018

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Not Evaluated

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Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.6 ±0.5 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).

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