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Eponymy: Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897) was an American palaeontologist, anatomist, herpetologist and ichthyologist. [...] Dr Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875–1947) was an American ornithologist and mammalogist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Eigenmann.
Taxonomic Remarks
Ibarra and Stewart, 1987:27 and Ortega and Vari, 1986:10 retained this name.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
South America: upper Amazon Basin.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37104)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00661 (0.00287 - 0.01523), b=3.13 (2.93 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |