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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Ctenoluciidae (Pike-characids)
Etymology: Ctenolucius: Greek, kteis, ktenos = comb + Latin, lucius = pike (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Issue
Redescribed with synonymy in Vari (1995:43).

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

Freshwater; pelagic; dH range: ? - 22. Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060)

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South America: Río Magdalena and Río Sinú basins (northern Colombia) and rivers draining into Lago de Maracaibo in northwestern Venezuela.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96636); max. published weight: 119.20 g (Ref. 96636)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11; Vertebrae: 42 - 46. Can be distinguished from C. beani by differences in body pigmentation, number of vertebrae, relative least depth of caudal peduncle, the alignment of the articulation between the sixth infraorbital and supraorbital, and number of lateral line scales.

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Number of eggs between 1000 and 3000.

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Vari, R.P., 1995. The Neotropical fish family Ctenoluciidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes): supra and intrafamilial phylogenetic relationships, with a revisionary study. Smithson. Contri. Zool. No. 564, 97 p. (Ref. 13118)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 April 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7578 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00250 - 0.00800), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec=1,000-3,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Ctenolucius hujeta (Valenciennes, 1850)