Steatogenys duidae (La Monte, 1929)
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Steatogenys duidae
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Rhamphichthyidae (Sand knifefishes)
Etymology: Steatogenys: Greek, steatos = hard fat + Greek, genys, yos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: This is a toponym referring to Mount Duida, Venezuela, where the holotype was acquired. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: Steatogenys: Greek, steatos = hard fat + Greek, genys, yos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: This is a toponym referring to Mount Duida, Venezuela, where the holotype was acquired. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Taxonomic Remarks
Ecology: Small streams.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
South America: Venezuela and Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Anal soft rays: 112 - 165.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Known from small streams.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 September 2020
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Body composition
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Fish sound
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Human related
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Aquaculture systems
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Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | 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). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (11 of 100). 🛈 |