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Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Phalloceros: Greek, phallos = penis + Greek, keras = horn (Ref. 45335).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce; salobre pelágico; pH range: 7.0 - 8.0; dH range: 9 - 19; no migratorio. Tropical; 20°C - 24°C (Ref. 1672)
South America: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil southward to Uruguay and Argentina (Ref. 9086). Introduced mainly for mosquito control (Ref. 1739). At least one country reports adverse ecological impact after introduction.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26681); 6.0 cm TL (female)
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 7 - 9. Dorsal fin short; pectoral fin small, not reaching back to level of pelvic fin bases; body and fins covered with a profusion of black patches; tip of gonopodium of male with a distinctly downturned hook (Ref 54372).
Inhabits swamps and drains of Perth metropolitan area, Western Australia (Ref. 44894). Omnivorous.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
After about 24 days gestation, 10 to 50 young are born.
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 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=0.00912 (0.00459 - 0.01811), b=3.14 (2.97 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.0 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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