Scleromystax reisi

Scleromystax reisi Britto, Fukakusa & Malabarba, 2016

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Callichthyidae (Callichthyid armored catfishes) > Corydoradinae
Etymology: reisi: Named after Roberto Esser dos Reis, for his many contributions to Neotropical ichthyology, including studies in callichthyid fish; noun in the genitive case.
Eponymy: Dr Roberto Esser dos Reis is a Brazilian ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 138468). Tropical

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South America: Brazil.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138468)

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: infraorbital 2 expanded ventrally, adjacent to small, almost imperceptible, naked area between sphenotic, compound pterotic, opercle and preopercle; with a roughly oblique, elongate, dark brown blotches along body; large specimens with cranial fontanel completely occluded, leaving just a shallow fossae, delimited by frontal bones, and reaching anterior tip of parieto-supraoccipital; absence of a black dot on the base of median caudal-fin rays and sexually dimorphic features inconspicuous, i.e. cheek region similar in males and females, with only minute, scattered odontodes in the former, dorsal and pectoral fins of males slightly longer than in females; tip of snout roughly truncate (Ref. 138468).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This species was found mainly in very small (0.5-2 m wide) and shallow streams (30-60 cm depth), with slow current water and surrounded by relatively preserved riparian vegetation; bottom was sandy, sometimes covered with a thin layer of mud or fallen leaves (although there were rocky bottom stretches in the same creeks, the species was never found there). The streams may have a small amount of submerged vegetation. Associated species collected along with this species were Astyanax eigenmanniorum, Cheirodon interruptus, Corydoras paleatus, Heptapterus mustelinus, H. sympterygium, Mimagoniates inequalis, Phalloceros caudimaculatus, Pseudobunocephalus iheringii, Rhamdia sp. and Scleronema sp. (Ref. 138468).

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Britto, M.R., C.K. Fukakusa and L.R. Malabarba, 2016. New species of Scleromystax Günther, 1864 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) - extending the meridional distribution of genera endemic to the Atlantic Forest. Neotropical Ichthyol. 14(3):e150158: [1-10]. (Ref. 138468)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00287 - 0.01912), b=3.14 (2.92 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.3 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). 🛈