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Etymology: Lepthoplosternum: Greek, leptos = thin + Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, sternon = chest, sternum (Ref. 45335); ucamara: Named for the U.S. National Sciences Foundation funded Project Ucamara and also for the geological term Ucamara depression describing the low-lying reaches of the Ecayali and Marañon rivers caused by the subsidence in the Upper Amazon foreland basin..
More on authors: Reis & Kaefer.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical

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South America: Peru and Brazil; very likely ot occur at the intermediate whitewater floodplain localities along much of the upper Amazon.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.6 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 56211)

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Diagnosis: Lower lip with short, rounded projections lateral to the medial notch. Caudal peduncle is comparatively shallow (15.2-17.7% SL). Dorsal fin with 2 unbranched and 6 branched rays. Head depth small 19.9-21.8% SL; short first dorsal-fin ray 13.7-17.5% SL; maxillary barbels reaching lower lateral series plate 13-15 (Ref. 56211).

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Collected in lakes or lake channels within dense marginal or floating vegetation, sometimes in hypoxic conditions (Ref. 56211).

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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Reis, Roberto E. | Collaboratori

Reis, R.E. and C.C. Kaefer, 2005. Two new species of the neotropical catfish genus Lepthoplosternum (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Copeia 2005(4):724-731. (Ref. 56211)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 October 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [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).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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