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(Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-2740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2022-05-13 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2740 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Inhabits rocky and sandy bottoms of pools and backwaters of creeks and small to large rivers, and springs. Feeds on insects, crustaceans and worms (Ref. 7020). Migrates during winter to warmer areas (Ref. 47195). Schmitter-Soto, J.J. 2017 A revision of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) in Central and North America, with the description of nine new species. J. Nat. Hist. 51(23/24):1-94. (Ref. 118583) FB-Distribution-2740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2022-05-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2740 North America: Mexico. Schmitter-Soto, J.J. 2017 A revision of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) in Central and North America, with the description of nine new species. J. Nat. Hist. 51(23/24):1-94. (Ref. 118583) FB-Uses-2740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2022-05-13 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2740 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial Mills, D. and G. Vevers 1989 The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 p. (Ref. 7020) FB-Migration-2740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2022-05-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2740 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Edwards, R.J. 1977 Seasonal migrations of <i>Astyanax mexicanus</i> as an adaptation to novel environments. Copeia 1977(4):770-771. (Ref. 47195) FB-LifeCycle-2740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2022-05-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=2740&StockCode=2936 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Hides eggs in crevices. Balon, E.K. 1990 Epigenesis of an epigeneticist: the development of some alternative concepts on the early ontogeny and evolution of fishes. Guelph Ichthyol. Rev. 1:1-48. FB-Size-2740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2022-05-13 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2740 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 12.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723)) Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr 1991 A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-2740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2022-05-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2740 benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 47195); freshwater Edwards, R.J. 1977 Seasonal migrations of <i>Astyanax mexicanus</i> as an adaptation to novel environments. Copeia 1977(4):770-771. (Ref. 47195)