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Characiformes (Characins) >
Lebiasinidae (Pencilfishes) > Pyrrhulininae
Etymology: Nannostomus: Latin, nannus = small + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Fernandez & Weitzman.
Issue
This species is so far recorded from two localities, that of the type specimens given above and the Rio Ereré,Amazonas, Brazil. See Weitzman & Fernandez (1989) for a discussion of these localities. This species has been exported, as an aquarium fish, into the USA and Germany as bycatch with Paracheirodon simulans. See Bork (1998) and Bork and Mayland (1998) for accounts of this species as an aquarium fish.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 12468)
South America: Upper Orinoco and Ereré River, a tributary of the Negro River.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.6 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 37104)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Oyakawa, O.T., 1998. Catalogo dos tipos de peixes recentes do Museu de Zoologia da USP. I. Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Pap. Avuls. Zool. 39(23):443-507. (Ref. 27925)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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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=0.00977 (0.00396 - 0.02410), b=3.19 (2.98 - 3.40), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).