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Characiformes (Characins) >
Gasteropelecidae (Freshwater hatchetfishes)
Etymology: Carnegiella: After Miss Margaret Carnegie, referring to the grace of the fish.
Eponymy: Margaret Cameron Carnegie (1897–1990) was the only child of the famous industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) (see previous entry). [...] Mrs Martha Ruth Myers née Frisinger was the first wife (1926) of the author, Dr George Sprague Myers (1905–1985). (Also see Myers) (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Myers.
Taxonomic Remarks
See Weitzman (1960) for distribution.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce pelágico; pH range: 5.5 - 6.5; dH range: ? - 4. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 1672)
South America: Negro and upper Orinoco River basins.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.9 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 137577)
Feeds mainly at the surface on insects, but also takes crustaceans. Aquarium specimens reach 3.5 cm TL (Ref. 7020).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. [etc.]; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm. (Ref. 598)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5645 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01950 (0.00947 - 0.04014), b=3.14 (2.96 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.2 ±0.36 se; based on food items. |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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