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Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes) > Sternopyginae
Etymology: Sternopygus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, pyge = tail (Ref. 45335); embera: Name 'embera' in honor of Emberá, an Indigenous group native to the type locality of the new species.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
; zoet water benthopelagisch. Tropical
South America: Colombia.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 138572)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Anale zachte stralen: 208 - 272. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: distal tip of the second parapophysis of the Weberian apparatus extending more laterally than the fourth parapophysis in dorsal and ventral view; head length 10.9-14%; a convex anterior margin of the neurocranium in adult specimens; ascending endopterygoid process nearly vertical along its ontogeny; complete lack of a humeral spot; lack of any pigmented bars or saddles in its ontogeny; precaudal vertebrae 22-23; and the presence of 11-16 endopterygoid teeth (Ref. 138572).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Torgersen, K.T., A.M. Galindo-Cuervo, A. Ortega-Lara, N.K. Lujan, R.E. Reis and J.S. Albert, 2026. Towards deconstruction of the Sternopygus macrurus species complex (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae): description of a new species from the Pacific Coast of Colombia. Zootaxa 5748(4):539-560. (Ref. 138572)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: van geen belang
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00347 (0.00147 - 0.00817), b=3.01 (2.80 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |