Classification / Names
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Etymology: Sternarchogiton: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, geiton, -onos = neighbour (Ref. 45335); preto: Name from Portuguese 'preto' for black, refers to the diagnostic dark pigmentation of the species; an adjective, gender masculine.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल पिलाजिक. Tropical
South America: Brazilian and northeastern Peruvian Amazon and Venezuelan Orinoco basins.
आकार / वज़न / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.3 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 75769); 21.7 cm SL (female)
Short description
पहचान कुंजी | आकृति विज्ञान | मौरफोमैटरिक्स
Distinguished from all congeners by having the following characters: very dark brown or purplish black live body coloration; black pectoral-, anal- and caudal-fin membranes; premaxilla with 5 long conical teeth; one row of conical teeth pointing toward the inside of the mouth of dentary; fusion of the supracleithrum and posttemporal; anterior portion of coracoid falling short of the anterior edge of the cleithrum; absence of a prominent tri-lobed structure on the lower lip (Ref. 75769).
Found only in channels and major side branches of large whitewater and blackwater rivers (Ref. 75769).
Life cycle and mating behavior
परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा
de Santana, C.D. and W.G.R. Crampton, 2007. Revision of the deep-channel electric fish genus Sternarchogiton (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Copeia 2007(2):387-402. (Ref. 75769)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
साधन
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इंटरनेट स्रोत
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [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): 3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).
