Hemigrammus falsus, Head-and-tail-light fish

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Hemigrammus falsus Meinken, 1958

Head-and-tail-light fish
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Hemigrammus falsus
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Stethaprioninae
Etymology: Hemigrammus: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, gramma = letter, signal (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: Amazon, Surinam.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

This species is distinguished by the following: origin of dorsal fin above or anterior to mid of body; caudal fin only at the base with scales; an eye-like spot on the shoulder is absent or only weakly indicated as shadow; presence of a longitudinal black band on the posterior half of the body (from the vertical through the insertion of the dorsal fin to the end of caudal spot and iridescent on the upper part of the caudal peduncle) (Ref. 101436).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Zarske, A., 2015. Hemigrammus rubrostriatus spec. nov.- ein neuer Salmler aus Kolumbien und Revalidierung von Hemigrammus falsus Meinken, 1958 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae). Vert. Zool. 65(1):3-14. (Ref. 101436)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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