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Curimatidae (Toothless characins)
Etymology: Curimatopsis: A locality in Brasil, in Piani State and local name for a fish; it also exist "curimbatá" and "curimba", diminutive + Greek, opsis = appearance.
More on author: Vari.
Issue
See Vari (1982:19) for detailed description.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical
South America: Amazon River basin and coastal rivers of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 116983)
Lives mainly in swamps. Forms schools near the surface. Males appear rare, they represent less than 10% of captured specimens (Ref. 12225). Males are smaller than females (Ref. 27188).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 1996. Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane. Tome 1. Collection du Patrimoine Naturel Volume 22, MNHN, Paris & INRA, Paris. 429 p. (Ref. 12225)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00503 - 0.01813), b=2.93 (2.77 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).