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Characiformes (Characins) >
Lebiasinidae (Pencilfishes) > Pyrrhulininae
Etymology: Nannostomus: Latin, nannus = small + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Mrs Marilyn Jean Weitzman née Sohner (d: 1926) is a Research Associate at the Smithsonian, where she has devoted her career to the study of fishes of the Lebiasinidae and Characidae families. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Weitzman & Cobb.
Taxonomic Remarks
Occasionally exported as an aquarium fish, mostly as bycatch with Paracheirodon axelrodi.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique; pH range: 5.5 - 6.5; dH range: ? - 4. Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059)
South America: Negro and Vichada River basins.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 37104)
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Produces 20-30 young per year.
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00661 (0.00287 - 0.01523), b=3.13 (2.93 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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