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Rhamphichthyidae (Sand knifefishes)
Etymology: Rhamphichthys: Greek, rhamphos = bill, peak + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); heleios: The specific name heleios from the Greek meaning ‘‘dwelling in the marsh,’’ refers to the floodplain
habitats where this species has been collected.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Tropical
South America: Solimões and Amazon rivers in Brazil upstream of the mouth of the Madeira River; also from a single locality in the Guaporé River in Brazil.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 99943)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Occurs mostly in floodplains of large rivers, where it is frequently collected together with Rhamphichthys drepanium and R. marmoratus.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Carvalho, T.P. and J.S. Albert, 2015. A new species of Rhamphichthys (Gymnotiformes: Rhamphichthyidae) from the Amazon basin. Copeia 103(1):34-41. (Ref. 99943)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 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=0.00083 (0.00032 - 0.00214), b=3.10 (2.87 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). 🛈 |