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Characiformes (Characins) >
Anostomidae (Headstanders) > Leporininae
Etymology: Leporinus: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit (Ref. 45335); amazonicus: Named after the Rio Amazonas, where all the type series comes from.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce pelágico. Tropical
South America: Brazil. Rio Amazonas basin near Manaus. The species may be expected to occur along most of floodplain habitats of the Rio Solimões-Amazonas in the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.3 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 125975); peso máximo publicado: 304.40 g (Ref. 125975)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Leporinus amazonicus belongs to the friderici-group, as defined by Géry (1977) and
Garavello (1979). It differs from most of congeners (except L. fasciatus, L. affinis and L. y-ophorus) by the high lateral line scale count (45–47 versus 43 or fewer), and from these species by the color pattern (brownish- grey with one small and elongated dark blotch on the flanks in L. amazonicus vs. yellow ground color with
several single or divided vertical dark bars on the side in the others). Leporinus amazonicus is morphologically similar to the slender bodied species L. cylindriformis Borodin, 1929 and L. brunneus Myers, 1950, but differs from them by the higher lateral line scale count (45–47 versus 41–43 in L. cylindriformis and 36–42 in L. brunneus) and by a different color pattern (lateral blotch occupying 2–4 horizontal scales in L. amazonicus versus 5–7 in L. cylindriformis, and absence of well defined blotches on the body sides in L. brunneus) (Ref. 76907).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).
Dos Santos, G.M. and J. Zuanon, 2008. Leporinus amazonicus, a new anostomid species from the Amazon lowlands, Brazil (Osteichthyes: Characiformes). Zootaxa 1815:35-42. (Ref. 76907)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01000 (0.00574 - 0.01742), b=3.05 (2.90 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
2.3 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100). 🛈 |