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Hypopomidae (Bluntnose knifefishes)
Etymology: Hypopygus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, pyge = tail (Ref. 45335); minissimus: The specific epithet, minissimus, is from the superlative of the Latin minimus (smallest), in reference to the status of this species as the smallest known gymnotiform (Ref. 88778).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical
South America: Hypopygus minissimus is known only from the upper Orinoco in Venezuela (vicinity of San Fernando de Atabapo, Río Cunucunuma, and Río
Sipapo), and from a tributary of the Casiquiare canal in Venezuela (Río Candela) (Ref. 88778).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.2 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 88778)
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Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Hypopygus minissimus is diagnosed from congeners by the following combination of characters: the absence of oblique bands (versus presence in all congeners), the absence of scales at midbody (versus presence in all congeners), the absence of the sixth infraorbital bone (versus presence in all congeners except H. hoedemani and H. lepturus), the total number of anal-fin rays (102–113 versus 136–170 in all congeners except H. hoedemani and H. lepturus), and the dorsal rami of the intermittent branch of the anterior lateral line nerve visible as two black parallel lines (versus not visible in H. ortegai) (Ref. 88778).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
de Santana, C.D. and W.G.R. Crampton, 2011. Phylogenetic interrelationships, taxonomy, and reductive evolution in the Neotropical electric fish genus Hypopygus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 163:1096-1156. (Ref. 88778)
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 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00145 - 0.00994), b=3.06 (2.83 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).