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Serrasalmidae (Piranhas and pacus) > Myleinae
Etymology: Acnodon: Latin, acus = needle + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Anazildo Mateus de Sena was a Brazilian fisheries worker at Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus. During one of his last collecting trips, he collected the holotype of this species (1987). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Issue
See Leite & Jégu (1990) for food habits.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Jari River basin in Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39031)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Jégu, M., 2003. Serrasalminae (Pacus and piranhas). p. 182-196. 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. 39031)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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