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Callichthyidae (Callichthyid armored catfishes) > Callichthyinae
Etymology: Lepthoplosternum: Greek, leptos = thin + Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, sternon = chest, sternum (Ref. 45335); ucamara: Named for the U.S. National Sciences Foundation funded Project Ucamara and also for the geological term Ucamara depression describing the low-lying reaches of the Ecayali and Marañon rivers caused by the subsidence in the Upper Amazon foreland basin.
More on authors: Reis & Kaefer.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
; süßwasser benthopelagisch. Tropical
South America: Peru and Brazil; very likely ot occur at the intermediate whitewater floodplain localities along much of the upper Amazon.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.6 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 56211)
Kurzbeschreibung
Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie
Diagnosis: Lower lip with short, rounded projections lateral to the medial notch. Caudal peduncle is comparatively shallow (15.2-17.7% SL). Dorsal fin with 2 unbranched and 6 branched rays. Head depth small 19.9-21.8% SL; short first dorsal-fin ray 13.7-17.5% SL; maxillary barbels reaching lower lateral series plate 13-15 (Ref. 56211).
Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Collected in lakes or lake channels within dense marginal or floating vegetation, sometimes in hypoxic conditions (Ref. 56211).
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven
Reis, R.E. and C.C. Kaefer, 2005. Two new species of the neotropical catfish genus Lepthoplosternum (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Copeia 2005(4):724-731. (Ref. 56211)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00708 (0.00294 - 0.01707), b=3.12 (2.90 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179) |
hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |