FB-62261 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62261 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Acestrorhamphidae Moenkhausia Moenkhausia bonita Benine, Castro & Sabino, 2004 2005-09-23 2021-02-05 Crampton, W.G.R., D.H. Thorsen and J.S. Albert0 Three new species from a diverse, sympatric assemblage of the electric fish Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) in the lowland Amazon basin, with notes on ecology. Copeia 2005(1):82-99. (Ref. 55508) Saks, L.0 Estonian Common Names, Rank 2. Personal communication (Ref. 116654) FB-GeneralDescr-62267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-27 00:00:00 2021-09-16 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62267 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Found in root mats of floating meadows in floodplains (Ref. 55508). Gulps atmospheric air into the hypervascularized posterior chamber of its gas bladder (Ref. 55508). Feeds on small aquatic invertebrates such as chironomid larvae, insect nymphs and microcrustaceans (Ref. 55508). Crampton, W.G.R., D.H. Thorsen and J.S. Albert 2005 Three new species from a diverse, sympatric assemblage of the electric fish Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) in the lowland Amazon basin, with notes on ecology. Copeia 2005(1):82-99. (Ref. 55508) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-27 00:00:00 2005-09-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62267 Distinguished from its congeners endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco Basins and the Guyana Shield in having a color pattern of 16-22 oblique dark pigment bands with wavy and irregular margins in which the majority of bands at midbody form X-shaped patterns (resembling metaphase chromosomes) and in which the dark bands are about twice as broad as the pale interbands. Further differs from its congeners in having the following unique combination of characters: clear (unpigmented) patch at the caudal end of the anal-fin membrane in specimens 6.0-23.7 cm; and bands never divided to form band pairs (Ref. 55508). Crampton, W.G.R., D.H. Thorsen and J.S. Albert 2005 Three new species from a diverse, sympatric assemblage of the electric fish Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) in the lowland Amazon basin, with notes on ecology. Copeia 2005(1):82-99. (Ref. 55508) FB-Morphology-62267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-27 00:00:00 2005-09-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62267 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analsoft rays: 230 - 310 Crampton, W.G.R., D.H. Thorsen and J.S. Albert 2005 Three new species from a diverse, sympatric assemblage of the electric fish Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) in the lowland Amazon basin, with notes on ecology. Copeia 2005(1):82-99. (Ref. 55508) FB-Distribution-62267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-27 00:00:00 2024-01-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62267 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology South America: Amazon basin in Brazil and Peru. Crampton, W.G.R., D.H. Thorsen and J.S. Albert 2005 Three new species from a diverse, sympatric assemblage of the electric fish Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) in the lowland Amazon basin, with notes on ecology. Copeia 2005(1):82-99. (Ref. 55508) FB-TrophicStrategy-62267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2005-09-30 00:00:00 2005-09-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public varzea http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Found in root mats of floating meadows in floodplains (Ref. 55508). Gulps atmospheric air into the hypervascularized posterior chamber of its gas bladder (Ref. 55508). Feeds on small aquatic invertebrates such as chironomid larvae, insect nymphs and microcrustaceans (Ref. 55508). Crampton, W.G.R., D.H. Thorsen and J.S. Albert 2005 Three new species from a diverse, sympatric assemblage of the electric fish Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) in the lowland Amazon basin, with notes on ecology. Copeia 2005(1):82-99. (Ref. 55508) FB-Size-62267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-27 00:00:00 2021-09-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62267 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 28.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 55508)); max. published weight: 65.0 g (Ref. 55508) Crampton, W.G.R., D.H. Thorsen and J.S. Albert 2005 Three new species from a diverse, sympatric assemblage of the electric fish Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) in the lowland Amazon basin, with notes on ecology. Copeia 2005(1):82-99. (Ref. 55508) Crampton, W.G.R., D.H. Thorsen and J.S. Albert 2005 Three new species from a diverse, sympatric assemblage of the electric fish Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) in the lowland Amazon basin, with notes on ecology. Copeia 2005(1):82-99. (Ref. 55508) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-62267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-27 00:00:00 2021-09-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62267 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat benthopelagic; freshwater