Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
South America: Orinoco River basin.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.6 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 38376)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Distinguished from congeners from the Orinoco and Lake Maracaibo basins by having two or three multicuspid teeth on maxilla and four or fewer smaller lateral teeth present on dentary (Ref. 86277).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Feeds on benthic aquatic invertebrates, as well as terrestrial invertebrates which fall into the water, such as ants, wasps and bees (Ref. 26543).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Lima, F.C.T., L.R. Malabarba, P.A. Buckup, J.F. Pezzi da Silva, R.P. Vari, A. Harold, R. Benine, O.T. Oyakawa, C.S. Pavanelli, N.A. Menezes, C.A.S. Lucena, M.C.S.L. Malabarba, Z.M.S. Lucena, R.E. Reis, F. Langeani, C. Moreira et al. …, 2003. Genera Incertae Sedis in Characidae. p. 106-168. 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. 38376)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.00899 - 0.03209), b=2.94 (2.78 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.3 ±0.44 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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