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Prochilodus nigricans Spix & Agassiz, 1829

Black prochilodus
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> Characiformes (Characins) > Prochilodontidae (Flannel-mouth characiforms)
Etymology: Prochilodus: Greek, pro = first, in front of + Greek, cheilos = lip (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Spix & Agassiz.

Issue
Species definition, synonymy, and distribution based on personal observation and examination of types.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

South America: Amazon and Tocantins River basins (Ref. 37057). Reported from Argentina (Ref. 9086).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm 19.8, range 19 - ? cm
Max length : 48.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 125983); 52.5 cm SL (female); peso máximo publicado: 3.0 kg (Ref. 125983); peso máximo publicado: 3.0 kg

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría


Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Castro, R.M.C. and R.P. Vari, 2003. Prochilodontidae (Fannel mouth characiforms). p. 65-70. 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. 37057)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 November 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuicultura: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Fuentes de Internet

AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01820 (0.01481 - 0.02237), b=2.97 (2.92 - 3.02), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  2.4   ±0.18 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 33 [14, 178] mg/100g; Iron = 2.82 [0.72, 6.67] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [15.7, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.441 [0.162, 1.169] g/100g; Selenium = 91.9 [38.8, 199.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 36.2 [13.3, 84.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 2 [1, 3] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.