Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce pelágico. Tropical
Distribución
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South America: major river systems of the central and western portions of the Amazon basin including the Amazonas- Solimões, Purus, Madeira and Ucayali rivers.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 38376)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9 - 10; Radios blandos anales: 47 - 51. Protocheirodon pi can be distinguished by possessing four synapomorphies proposed for the Cheirodontinae by Malabarba (1998): presence of a pseudotympanum, a hiatus in the body wall musculature lateral to at least a portion of the anterior chamber of the swimbladder; absence of dark humeral spot; possession of pedunculate dentition; and presence of only a single row of regularly arranged premaxillary teeth. It differs from all species of the Cheirodontinae and indeed members of the Characiformes by the unique form of the swimbladder which has a smaller rotund anterior chamber and the posteriorly chamber elaborated into two vertically elongate, side by side, slightly inclined chambers. These modifications resulted to a unique overall pi (?)-shaped structure (Ref. 109753).
Found in marginal areas of rivers and streams, often over sandy substrates and in still backwaters (Ref. 109753).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Vari, R.P., B.F. Melo and C. Oliveira, 2016. Protocheirodon, a new genus of Characidae (Teleostei; Characiformes) with the redescription of the poorly known Protocheirodon pi. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 14(2):1-7. (Ref. 109753)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01380 (0.00540 - 0.03529), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
