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Rhamphichthyidae (Sand knifefishes)
Etymology: Hypopygus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, pyge = tail (Ref. 45335); minissimus: The specific epithet, minissimus, is from the superlative of the Latin minimus (smallest), in reference to the status of this species as the smallest known gymnotiform (Ref. 88778).
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Ekologi
; sötvatten bentopelagisk. Tropical
South America: Hypopygus minissimus is known only from the upper Orinoco in Venezuela (vicinity of San Fernando de Atabapo, Río Cunucunuma, and Río
Sipapo), and from a tributary of the Casiquiare canal in Venezuela (Río Candela) (Ref. 88778).
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.2 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 88778)
Kort beskrivning
Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri
Hypopygus minissimus is diagnosed from congeners by the following combination of characters: the absence of oblique bands (versus presence in all congeners), the absence of scales at midbody (versus presence in all congeners), the absence of the sixth infraorbital bone (versus presence in all congeners except H. hoedemani and H. lepturus), the total number of anal-fin rays (102–113 versus 136–170 in all congeners except H. hoedemani and H. lepturus), and the dorsal rami of the intermittent branch of the anterior lateral line nerve visible as two black parallel lines (versus not visible in H. ortegai) (Ref. 88778).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
de Santana, C.D. and W.G.R. Crampton, 2011. Phylogenetic interrelationships, taxonomy, and reductive evolution in the Neotropical electric fish genus Hypopygus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 163:1096-1156. (Ref. 88778)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00269 (0.00108 - 0.00670), b=3.07 (2.85 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |