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Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes) > Eigenmanninae
Etymology: Eigenmannia: From Eigenmann, 1910, researcher of faunistic studies (Ref. 45335); guchereauae: Named for Miss Corinne Guchereau.
Eponymy: Professor Dr Carl Henry Eigenmann (1863–1927) was a German-born American ichthyologist. [...] Corinne Guchereau is an administrator at MNHN. She was thanked for facilitating the technical aspects of the authors’ work for 15 years. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical
South America: Litany and Tampoc rivers, Maroni drainage in French Guiana.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.1 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 97632)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous anaux: 184 - 187; Vertèbres: 56 - 84. Distocyclus guchereauae is distinguished by having grey color with several longitudinal lightly dark lines and the lowest being regularly striped, 13-14 precaudal vertebrae, 184-187 anal-fin rays in the undamaged specimens, a triangular head with a snout short (less than one third of the head length), a terminal mouth and the anus located straight below the eyes (Ref. 97632).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Meunier, F.J., M. Jégu and P. Keith, 2014. Distocyclus guchereauae a new species of Neotropical electric fish, (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae), from French Guiana. Cybium 38(3):223-230. (Ref. 97632)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 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=0.00355 (0.00161 - 0.00782), b=2.97 (2.77 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (18 of 100). 🛈 |