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Characiformes (Characins) >
Gasteropelecidae (Freshwater hatchetfishes)
Etymology: Carnegiella: After Miss Margaret Carnegie, referring to the grace of the fish.
Eponymy: Margaret Cameron Carnegie (1897–1990) was the only child of the famous industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) (see previous entry). [...] Mrs Martha Ruth Myers née Frisinger was the first wife (1926) of the author, Dr George Sprague Myers (1905–1985). (Also see Myers) (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Myers.
Issue
See Weitzman (1960) for distribution.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce pelágico(a,os,as); pH range: 5.5 - 6.5; dH range: ? - 4. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 1672)
South America: Negro and upper Orinoco River basins.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.8 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 39056)
Feeds mainly at the surface on insects, but also takes crustaceans. Aquarium specimens reach 3.5 cm TL (Ref. 7020).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. [etc.]; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm. (Ref. 598)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5645 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01950 (0.00951 - 0.03996), b=3.14 (2.96 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.36 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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