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Lebiasinidae (Pencilfishes) > Lebiasininae
Etymology: Lebiasina: Derived from Greek, lebias, lebiou = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.
Issue
No recent treatment. It is the common Piabucina in the Gran Sabana highlands of southeastern Venezuela and western Guyana. Ardila Rodríguez (1999) described a new species, Lebiasina provenzanoi from a quebrada tributary to Río Tarotá, Río Aponguao. It is probably a synonym of Piabucina unitaeniata. (Marilyn Weitzman, pers. comm.) Eschmeyer, 1998: 1728.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Western Guyana vicinity of Roraima and Gran Sabana of Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37104)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Weitzman, M. and S.H. Weitzman, 2003. Lebiasinidae (Pencil fishes). p. 241-251. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 37104)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of potential interest
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