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Rhamphichthyidae (Sand knifefishes)
Etymology: Hypopygus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, pyge = tail (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: This is a toponym referring to La Neblina National Park, Amazonas, Venezuela, which is where Mago-Leccia first noticed the differences between this species and H. lepturus. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical
South America: Several localities of southern Venezuela, including Atabapo and Negro rivers, the Casiquiare Canal and La Neblina National Park; also collected in the Rio Meta system in Colombia and some localities in Bolivia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.2 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 26457)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 0; Rayons mous anaux: 124 - 155. Anal fin rays 124-155; precaudal vertebrae 13-14; caudal vertebrae 66-71. Coloration pattern: dusky background with 18-26 saddle-like dark bands on middorsal between nape and end of anal fin; black margins usually present on pectoral fin rays. Snout 27-30% in head length; postorbital distance 60-67% in head length. Head with strongly convex anterior profile.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Mago-Leccia, F., 1994. Electric fishes of the continental waters of America. Fundacion para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales (FUDECI), Biblioteca de la Academia de Ciencias Fisicas. Matematicas y Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela. vol. 29 . 206 p. (Ref. 26457)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00269 (0.00108 - 0.00670), b=3.07 (2.85 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |