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Acestrorhamphidae (American tetras) > Acestrorhamphinae
Etymology: Oligosarcus: Greek, oligos = small + Greek arkos = anus (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Otto Schindler (1906–1959) was an ichthyologist at Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Germany, where he was the first post-war Curator of Ichthyology (1949). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Menezes & Géry.
Issue
See Menezes, 1987: 27 for diagnosis.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. High altitude
South America: Chapare River basin and lagoons near Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35690); 7.3 cm SL (female)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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