Pseudanos trimaculatus (Kner, 1858)
Threespot headstander
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Anostomidae (Headstanders)
Etymology: Pseudanos: Derived from Greek, pseudes = false (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Kner.
Etymology: Pseudanos: Derived from Greek, pseudes = false (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Kner.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 1672)
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
South America: Brazil, Guyana, Peru (Ref. 36801), Ecuador (Ref. 91907) and Argentina (Ref. 9086). Recorded from Amazon River basin (Ref. 36801); Rio Guaporé in Brazil, Essequibo and Rupununi Rivers in Guyana (Ref. 91907).
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. Can be diagnosed by having the following characters: dark transversal bars on dorsum present; dark spots absent on the center of each body scale in some specimens; usually two, sometimes three or four midlateral dark blotches on body; angle of the dorsal and ventralmost radii of body scales between 110° and 180°; and cranial fontanel partially closed (Ref. 91907).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Adults are found in schools of 10-50 specimens in deeper water. They feed on plants (Ref. 13371). Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).
Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Garavello, Júlio | Collaborators
Garavello, J.C. and H.A. Britski, 2003. Anostomidae (Headstanders). p. 71-84. 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. 36801)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 June 2020
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Growth parameters
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Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Recruitment
Abundance
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Eggs
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Reproduction
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Anatomy
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Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
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Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Genetics
Genome
Genetics
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Genome
Genetics
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Human related
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Aquaculture profiles
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Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
Strains
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.