Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Amazon River basin in Ecuador.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26253)
Inhabit clear to slightly turbid, rather fast flowing brooks having a depth of up to about 70 cm.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Staeck, W. and I. Schindler, 1997. Rivulus monticola, a new killifish (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the eastern slopes of the Cordillera de Allcuquiro, Ecuador. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 7(3-4):369-376. (Ref. 26253)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (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=0.00891 (0.00366 - 0.02168), b=3.11 (2.92 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |