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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.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical
South America: Colombia.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 138572)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi anali molli: 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.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
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)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 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). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |