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Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes) > Eigenmanninae
Etymology: Eigenmannia: From Eigenmann, 1910, researcher of faunistic studies (Ref. 45335); cacuria: Name 'cacuriá' refers to a typical dance in the state of Maranhão, where the holotype was collected; noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Professor Dr Carl Henry Eigenmann (1863–1927) was a German-born American ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical
South America: Brazil.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.2 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 138579)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous anaux: 180 - 196. This species, a member of the E. trilineata species-group, is distinguished by the following characters: anal-fin hyaline; absence of enlarged eye, 17.5-21.1% HL; caudal filament short, 26.4-41.3% LEA; terminal mouth; lateral line stripe restricted to last two thirds of body; pectoral-fin rays ii,11-13; A 180-196; scales rows above lateral line 12-15; premaxillary teeth 10-14; dentary teeth 15-21; endopterygoid teeth 8-10; dentary teeth increasing in size along dentigerous surface; basibranchial 1 unossified; precaudal vertebrae 14 (Ref. 138579).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
This species is apparently restricted to perennial rivers: specimens collected in a lentic environment, with clear water, sandy substrate, and varying amounts of remnants of riparian vegetation typical of the Cerrado biome, and with palms of Mauritia flexuosa (Ref. 138579).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Dutra, G.M., T.P.A. Ramos and N.A. Menezes, 2022. Description of three new species of Eigenmannia (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from the rio Mearim and rio Parnaíba basins, northeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyol. 20(1):e210117: 1-23. (Ref. 138579)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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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 (10 of 100). 🛈 |