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Myleus setiger
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Serrasalmidae (Piranhas and pacus) > Myleinae
Etymology: Myleus: Greek, mylo = mill (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Müller & Troschel.
Etymology: Myleus: Greek, mylo = mill (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Müller & Troschel.
Taxonomic Remarks
Recent observations give Myleus setiger Müller & Troschel 1844 different from Myletes pacu Jardine & Schomburgk in Schomburgk 1841 by the number of anal rays. Synonymy above is based on personnal observation and examination of types. Mispelled setifer by Travassos 1952: 157 [38], 245 [137].
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
South America: tributaries of lower and middle Amazon River, Orinoco basin, upper Orinoco River and tributaries, north and eastern Guiana Shield rivers.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125983); 28.7 cm SL (female); max. published weight: 1.1 kg (Ref. 125983); max. published weight: 1.1 kg
Max length : 27.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125983); 28.7 cm SL (female); max. published weight: 1.1 kg (Ref. 125983); max. published weight: 1.1 kg
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25. (Ref. 6329)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 December 2020
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.02570 (0.01951 - 0.03387), b=3.03 (2.96 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245). |
| 0 | |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈 |