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Etymology: Hypophthalmus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, ophthalmos = eye (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Spix & Agassiz.

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

; eau douce pélagique; potamodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur ? - 37 m (Ref. 5217). Tropical

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South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins and Atlantic coastal rivers of Guyana and Suriname (Ref. 36506). Reported from Paraná River (Ref. 56308).

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 25.6 range ? - 30 cm
Max length : 57.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5217); common length : 45.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5217); poids max. publié: 1.3 kg (Ref. 5217)

Pelagic species which lives in schools near the surface of the water (Ref. 35381). Found over soft muddy bottoms. Has no teeth in its jaws but possesses many long gill rakers that are used as a sieve for feeding on planktonic crustaceans like cladocerans, copepods and ostracods (Ref. 35381, 6868). Also feeds on debris, other plankton (Ref. 35381). Appears to follow the plankton's vertical movements during the day. Ovaries start to develop I November when the water level rises. Fractional spawning occurs between February and April. The female lays down 50,000 to 100,000 eggs according to its weight. Juveniles inhabit the lower part of streams in estuaries, adult are found more upstream (Ref. 35381). Marketed fresh and salted.

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Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992. Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD. (Ref. 5217)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 December 2020

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Not Evaluated

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Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00523 - 0.00727), b=3.11 (3.06 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 2.9 ±0.30 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.12-0.27).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 92 [44, 205] mg/100g; Iron = 1.76 [0.85, 3.58] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [15.3, 18.2] %; Omega3 = 0.283 [0.110, 0.710] g/100g; Selenium = 68.4 [26.6, 175.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 46.7 [15.5, 145.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.66 [1.11, 2.49] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

Hypophthalmus edentatus Spix & Agassiz, 1829