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Hypopomidae (Bluntnose knifefishes)
Etymology: Microsternarchus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, sternon = breast + Greek, archos = anus (Ref. 45335); brevis: Named for its overall size and caudal filament (Latin 'brevis' for short).
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce pelagico; pH range: 4.0 - 5.0; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 2 m (Ref. 104297). Tropical; 25°C - 26°C (Ref. 104297)
South America: Brazil.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.3 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 104297); 5.3 cm TL (female)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is distinguished by the following characters: short caudal filament 12.8-20.9% of TL; size of body small 3.75-5.32 cm SL; slightly inferior mouth 1.34-2.42 cm HL; pigmentation on body uniformly distributed along the entire area, including head; it also lacks a well delineated dark area on the pseudotympanum, where the anterior end of the posterior lateral line nerve branches with the dorsal ramus of the posterior lateral line nerve (Ref. 104297).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: compressed.
This species is collected in shallow areas from 0.5-1.5 m in the dry season or at the beginning of the rainy season. It also occurs in black-water streams along the middle part of the rio Negro Basin (Amazon). Along stream margins, it occurs in well oxygnated waler and prefers weak current with abundant submerged vegetation, roots and leaf litter. In areas with stronger current, this species tends to inhabit submerged trees and tangled roots of epiphytic plants. Variation of physico-chemical water parameters taken in 2002-2007: conductivity 9.0-22.2 µS/cm, temperature 25-26°C, ph 4.01-5.0 and dissolved oxygen 4.12-7.10 mg/L. Stomach contents of one specimen contains parts of zooplankton. Associated genera of gymnotiforms species collected in the area were Brachypopomus and Hypopgus (Ref. 104297).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Cox Fernandes, C., A. Nogueira, A. Williston and J.A. Alves-Gomes, 2015. A new species of electric knifefish from the rio Negro, Amazon basin (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 164(1):213-227. (Ref. 104297)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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