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Characiformes (Characins) >
Bryconidae ("Brycon characins") > Bryconinae
Etymology: Brycon: Greek, ebrykon, brykomai = to bite, to gnaw (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Auguste François César Provençal de SaintHilaire (1779–1853) was a French naturalist and botanist who explored in Brazil (1816–1822). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Valenciennes.
Issue
See Géry & Mahnert (1992: 803-803-806) for notes on taxonomy; Sabino & Sazima (1999: xx) for notes on natural history. Synonym above is based on personal observation. Food fish.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical
South America: Paraguay River basin.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40637); peso massimo pubblicato: 3.4 kg (Ref. 40637)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Lima, F.C.T., 2003. Characidae - Bryconinae (Characins, tetras). p. 174-181. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 38504)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 61.3 [24.4, 151.7] mg/100g; Iron = 1.3 [0.6, 2.7] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.4, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.524 [0.179, 1.484] g/100g; Selenium = 173 [59, 435] μg/100g; VitaminA = 28.1 [8.4, 83.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.87 [1.21, 2.90] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.