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Serrasalmidae (Piranhas and pacus) > Myleinae
Etymology: Myloplus: Greek, mylos, -ou = grey mullet + Greek, plus, ploos = movement of a serpent.
Eponymy: Paul Planquette (1940–1996) was a native of French Guiana and worked at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Kourou. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
Distribución
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South America: Mana, Maroni and Essequibo Basins on the Guiana Shield.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 58.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 51090)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 20 - 23; Radios blandos anales: 32 - 34; Vértebra: 40 - 41. Presence of a black distal margin well defined on the caudal fin. Dorsal with 20 to 23 branched rays. Anal with 32 to 34 rays. 23 to 29 prepelvic serrae, 5 to 6 supraneurals in front of the dorsal and 39 to 41 + CP1 vertebrae of which 15 to 16 + CP1 behind the last pterygiophore of the dorsal. Elongated body shape (55 to 70% of LS) and the eye diameter is reduced (6.3 to 12.9% of LS). The dorsal base is short (28.8 to 33% of LS). The adipose fin is rectangular and its base is long (4.3 to 6.2% of LS).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Jégu, M., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 2003. Myloplus planquettei sp. n. (Teleostei, Characidae), une nouvelle espèce de grand Serrasalminae phytophage du bouclier guyanais. Rev. Suisse Zool. 110 (4):833-853. (Ref. 51090)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02754 (0.01279 - 0.05932), b=2.97 (2.79 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).