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Curimatidae (Toothless characins)
Etymology: Cyphocharax: Greek, kyphos = curved, humpback + Greek, charax = a marine fish without identification (Ref. 45335); muyrakytan: Name derived from the Tupi muyrakyta (‘muiraquita’ in Portuguese), an amulet originally used by Indians of the Amazon valley, especially those belonging to the extinct Tapajo culture, usually carved as a sitting frog from a green jade stone; noun in apposition (Ref. 119424).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119424)
Collected in floodplain tributaries (Ref. 119424).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Bortolo, G.C., F.C.T. Lima and B.F. Melo, 2018. A new Cyphocharax from the Lower Rio Tapajós, Amazon basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Curimatidae). Copeia 106(2):346-352. (Ref. 119424)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).