-
- About this page
- Languages
- User feedbacks
- Citation
- Uploads
-
Related species
- Species in
Hypomasticus - Species in
Anostomidae - - Classification -
- Anostomidae
- Characiformes
- Teleostei
- Chordata
- Animalia
- Species in
-
Hypomasticus despaxi (Puyo, 1943)
Upload your photos and videos
Pictures | Google image
Hypomasticus despaxi
Juvenile Picture by Ponton, D.
Pictures | Google image
Juvenile Picture by Ponton, D.
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Anostomidae (Headstanders)
Eponymy: Raymond Justin Marie Despax (1886–1950) was a French zoologist, entomologist, and herpetologist. He wrote: Sur trois collections de reptiles et de batraciens provenant de l’archipel Malais (1912). An amphibian and three reptiles are also named after him. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Eponymy: Raymond Justin Marie Despax (1886–1950) was a French zoologist, entomologist, and herpetologist. He wrote: Sur trois collections de reptiles et de batraciens provenant de l’archipel Malais (1912). An amphibian and three reptiles are also named after him. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
South America: coastal rivers of French Guiana, from Maroni to Oyapock River.
Size / Weight / Age
Adults occur upstream in rapidly flowing water (Ref. 12225). Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).
Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Garavello, Júlio | Collaborators
Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 1996. Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane. Tome 1. Collection du Patrimoine Naturel Volume 22, MNHN, Paris & INRA, Paris. 429 p. (Ref. 12225)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 December 2020
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |
More information
Population dynamics
Growth parameters
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Recruitment
Abundance
Growth parameters
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Recruitment
Abundance
Life cycle
Reproduction
Maturity
Maturity/Gills rel.
Fecundity
Spawning
Spawning aggregations
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Larval dynamics
Reproduction
Maturity
Maturity/Gills rel.
Fecundity
Spawning
Spawning aggregations
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Larval dynamics
Anatomy
Gill area
Brain
Otolith
Gill area
Brain
Otolith
Physiology
Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Genetics
Genome
Genetics
Heterozygosity
Heritability
Genetic Diversity
Genome
Genetics
Heterozygosity
Heritability
Genetic Diversity
Human related
Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
Strains
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
Strains
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
Tools
Special reports
Download XML
Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search |