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Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Apteronotus: Greek, apteros = without wings / (in this cases, fins) + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335).
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 2059)
South America: the Guianas, Brazil and Peru; rivers of Colombia and Venezuela, including the Catatumbo River.
Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm 13.0, range 13 - ? cm
Max length : 26.9 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 36886)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Dorsal fin reduced to a dorsal filament;
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Prefers fast flowing rivers (Ref. 26543). Forms loosely associated groups in rocky habitats or river banks (Ref. 10605). Nocturnal (Ref. 26543). Each individual fish possesses a unique spatiotemporal pattern of electric organ discharge (EOD) potentials distributed over the body surface (Ref. 10595). Chirps and EOD frequency modulations are important elements of courtship behavior and are sensitive to testosterone levels (Ref. 10011, 10883). Seems to reach sexual maturity at 1 year of age, based on breeding experiments (Ref. 10011). Tuberous electro receptors are differentiated and functional in larvae at day 9; electric organ and electro receptors both present in the larvae at the time of first exogenous feeding (Ref. 10605).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Eggs of about 3 mm diameter are deposited in crevices. Several days up to 2-3 weeks between batch spawnings. Larvae hatch after 4 days and start feeding on day 11.
Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25. (Ref. 6329)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref. 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=0.00347 (0.00141 - 0.00851), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliência (Ref. 120179) |
Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (tm=1). |
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (20 of 100). 🛈 |