Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Negro and Orinoco River basins.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96504)
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).
Garavello, J.C., 2000. Two new species of Leporinus Spix with a review of the blotched species of the Orinoco and redescription of Leporinus muyscorum Steindachner (Characiformes, Anostomidae). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 150:193-201. (Ref. 35266)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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