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Gymnotidae (Naked-back knifefishes) > Gymnotinae
Etymology: Gymnotus: Greek, gymnos = naked (Ref. 45335); esmeraldas: Named after the Río Esmeraldas (Ref. 49716).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical
South America: Río Esmeraldas and the Río Palenqué, Guayaquil basin.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.9 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 49716)
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Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Raios dorsais (total) : 0; Raios anais : 226 - 260. Absence of alternating dark and light pigment bands on the anterior 80% of the body. Specimens from the Río Esmeraldas basin with a unique speckled color patter composed of irregular pale yellow or cream-colored patches interspersed on a dark brown ground color over most body and anal fin surfaces, in which the pale pigment patches are abut 2-3 scales in width and height (Ref. 49716).
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Albert, J.S. and W.G.R. Crampton, 2003. Seven new species of the neotropical electric fish Gymnotus (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes) with a redescription of G. carapo (Linnaeus). Zootaxa 287:1-54. (Ref. 49716)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).