Taxonomic Remarks
Redescribed in Ferraris & Vari (1999).
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
; zoet water pelagisch; pH range: 6.7 - 7.2; dH range: 7 - 16. Tropical; 20°C - 22°C (Ref. 2060)
South America: Lower Amazon and Tocantins rivers northward to Marowijne River. Possibly also Rupununi River in Guyana and Negro River in Brazil.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.0 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 26147)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Inhabits lower courses of the larger rivers. Free swimming species found near the surface. Nocturnal, plus active during dusk and dawn. Feeds on smaller fish. The male is recognizable by his thick, ossified maxillary barbels and by the first few rays of the anal fin which are fused, supporting the urogenyla tube that runs along the anterior border to the tip of the rays (Ref. 6868). This fish comprises the majority of the catches in the fish nets and is especially captured during the rainy season which is its reproductive period. Occurs less frequently in flood zones, prefers eroded zones where it appears in large numbers (Ref. 27188).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003. Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes). p. 470-482. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 37098)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: van minder commercieel belang; Aquarium: Commercieel
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00955 (0.00707 - 0.01290), b=3.00 (2.95 - 3.05), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.51 se; based on food items. |
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Generation time |
1.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179) |
Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (K=0.65). |
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈 |
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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