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> Characiformes (Characins) > Serrasalmidae (Piranhas and pacus) > Serrasalminae
Etymology: Metynnis: Greek, meta = with, after + Greek, ynnis, -eos = ploughshare (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Kner.

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

; acqua dolce pelagico; pH range: 6.0 - 7.2; dH range: ? - 10. Tropical; 20°C - 28°C (Ref. 2059)

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South America: Amazon and Paraguay River basins.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 39031)

This fish feeds on fruits and plants, and in extreme conditions or in captivity, may go for fish, crustaceans or maybe meat, but still are not considered dangerous.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Lays about 150 non-sticky eggs.

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Zarske, A. and J. Géry, 1999. Revision der neotropischen Gattung Metynnis Cope, 1878. 1. Evaluation der Typusexemplare der nominellen Arten (Teleostei: Characiformes: Serrasalmidae). Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 50(13):169-216. (Ref. 34077)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale

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Estimates based on models

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

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.01187 - 0.03353), b=3.08 (2.94 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.9 ±0.32 se; based on food items.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 195 [88, 504] mg/100g; Iron = 2.78 [1.29, 6.88] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.4, 20.9] %; Omega3 = 0.469 [0.165, 1.385] g/100g; Selenium = 67.9 [23.8, 199.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.2 [5.6, 67.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.12 [1.34, 3.31] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

Metynnis maculatus (Kner, 1858)