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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). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Günther.
Issue
See Weitzman (1954), Weitzman (1960),Gery (1973), Gery (1977), and Weitzman and Weitzman (1982) for distribution.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce pelagico; pH range: 5.0 - 8.0; dH range: 5 - 19. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672)
South America: Lower, middle and upper Amazon River basin; south of Amazon; and Caqueta River in Colombia.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 39056)
Lives in groups. Feeds on crustaceans and insects (Ref. 7020). The females have an abdomen which is larger than those of the males. The eggs fall on the bottom or on vegetation and these hatch after 36 hours incubation at 25°C (Ref. 12225). Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals; may jump out of the aquarium; minimum aquarium size 80 cm (Ref. 51539).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. [etc.]; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm. (Ref. 598)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5645 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01660 (0.00894 - 0.03080), b=3.12 (2.95 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.3 ±0.43 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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