Rhamphichthys heleios, Marsh knifefish

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Rhamphichthys heleios Carvalho & Albert, 2015

Marsh knifefish
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> Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Rhamphichthyidae (Sand knifefishes)
Etymology: Rhamphichthys: Greek, rhamphos = bill, peak + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335);  heleios: The specific name heleios from the Greek meaning ‘‘dwelling in the marsh,’’ refers to the floodplain habitats where this species has been collected..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce demersal. Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

South America: Solimões and Amazon rivers in Brazil upstream of the mouth of the Madeira River; also from a single locality in the Guaporé River in Brazil.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 99943)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs mostly in floodplains of large rivers, where it is frequently collected together with Rhamphichthys drepanium and R. marmoratus.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Campos-da-Paz, Ricardo | Colaboradores

Carvalho, T.P. and J.S. Albert, 2015. A new species of Rhamphichthys (Gymnotiformes: Rhamphichthyidae) from the Amazon basin. Copeia 103(1):34-41. (Ref. 99943)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 December 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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componentes alimenticios
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Fuentes de Internet

AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5010   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00083 (0.00032 - 0.00214), b=3.10 (2.88 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).