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Teleostei > Characiformes (Characins) 脂鯉目 (Characins) > Characidae (Characins; tetras) 脂鯉科 (Characins; tetras) > Characinae
Etymology: Priocharax:Greek, prio = to saw + Greek, charax, -akos = a fish without identification (Ref. 45335); varii:Named for the late Richard P. Vari, one of the most infuential researchers in Neotropical ichthyology of the past 40 years; noun in genitive..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學
背的軟條 (總數): 9; 臀鰭軟條: 18 - 25; 脊椎骨: 33. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the presence of an adipose fin (vs. absence); differs further from P. ariel and P. pygmaeus by the pelvic-fin rays i,6 with i,5 rare (vs. i,5); postcleithra 2 present (vs absent); differs further from P. ariel by having a shorter caudal peduncle 14-18 % SL (vs. 18- 24 % SL) (Ref. 128819).
Specimens were collected between 14:00 and 17:00 in a small tributary of the Rio Jamari, close to a bush of submerged macrophytes in a slow flowing part of the Rio Preto, approximately 200 m above rapids. It was collected with Apistogramma resticulosa, Axelrodia lindeae, Axelrodia stigmatias, Hemigrammus bellottii, Hyphessobrycon aff. sweglesi, Leporinus sp., Nannostomus trifasciatus, Odontocharacidium aphanes and Satanoperca sp. Three of these species are considered miniature: the characids Axelrodia lindeae, A. stigmatias and the crenuchid Odontocharacidium aphanes. This species and the three miniatures are mostly transparent, and with the larger Hemigrammus bellottii which has a predominantly translucent body in life, an ‘almost invisible league’ for the Rio Negro was proposed by Carvalho et al., 2006 (Ref. 128847 in Ref. 128819).
Life cycle and mating behavior 成熟度 | 繁殖 | 產卵場 | 卵 | 孕卵數 | 仔魚
Mattox, G.M.T., C.S. Souza, M. Toledo-Piza, R. Britz and C. Oliveira, 2020. A new miniature species of Priocharax (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) from the Rio Madeira drainage, Brazil, with comments on the adipose fin in characiforms. Vertebrate Zoology 70(3):417-433. (Ref. 128819)
