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Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Phalloceros: Greek, phallos = penis + Greek, keras = horn (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
South America: small coastal drainages flowing into Baía de Paranaguá in Paraná State, Brazil.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 76852); 3.3 cm SL (female)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 8; Radios blandos anales: 8 - 10; Vértebra: 31 - 32. Can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: the female urogenital papilla
curved to the right, located laterally; border of the anal aperture in contact with the first anal-fin ray or very close to it; absence of the right hook and presence of the left one; gonopodial appendix asymmetrical, its halves different from each other, right half wider than left one; rounded tip of the hook on left half of gonopodial appendix; hook on left appendix very small; absence of a caudal peduncle spot; presence of a wide and square-shaped lateral spot in large specimens; lateral spot in adult females elliptical to roundish, but never forming a vertical bar; lateral spot always present and evident not covering more than the length corresponding to two scales length in horizontal or vertical directions (Ref. 76852).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Lucinda, P.H.F., 2008. Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6(2):113-158. (Ref. 76852)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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