Issue
See Vari (1989:23) for detailed description.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Amazon River basin.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 9.6  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111115); max. published weight: 147.62 g (Ref. 111115)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Vari, R.P., 1989. Systematics of the neotropical characiform genus Psectrogaster Eigenmann and Eigenmann (Pisces: Characiformes). Smithson. Contri. Zool. No. 481, 43 p. (Ref. 34107)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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