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Characiformes (Characins) >
Curimatidae (Toothless characins)
Etymology: Cyphocharax: Greek, kyphos = curved, humpback + Greek, charax = a marine fish without identification (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Vari.
Issue
See Vari (1992:72) for detailed description.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical
South America: Uruguay, lower Paraná, and Paraguay River basins.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.4 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 111732); peso massimo pubblicato: 17.20 g (Ref. 111732)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Vari, R.P., 1992. Systematics of the neotropical characiform genus Cyphocharax Fowler (Pisces, Ostariophysi). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 529:137 p. (Ref. 11334)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Strumenti
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00359 - 0.01272), b=3.11 (2.94 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).