FB-63567 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63567 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Acestrorhamphidae Bario Bario cosmops (Lima, Britski & Machado, 2007) Astyanax puka Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2007 2007-12-27 2024-07-18 Mirande, J.M., G. Aguilera and M. Azpelicueta0 A new species of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) from the endorheic Río Salí basin, Tucumán, northwestern Argentina. Zootaxa 1646:31-39. (Ref. 72407) Koerber, S.0 List of freshwater fishes from Argentina - update 10. Ichthyol. Contri. Of PecesCriollos 11:1-9. (Ref. 84422) Terán, G.E., M.F. Benitez and J.M. Mirande0 Opening the Trojan house: phylogeny of <i>Astyanax</i>, two genera and resurrection of <i>Psalidodon</i> (Teleostei: Characidae). Zool. J. Lin. Soc. 190(4):1217-1234. (Ref. 123753) FB-DiagnosticDescr-63575 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-06-16 19:51:31 2009-06-16 19:51:31 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63575 Astyanax puka is distinguished from the remaining species of the genus by the following combination of characters: shallow body (33.5–39.8% SL), 36–38 perforated scales in lateral line, 6/5 transverse scales, 9–10 gradually decreasing dentary teeth, distally expanded premaxillary teeth, one distally expanded maxillary tooth with 7–9 cusps, short upper-jaw length (34.5–37.8% HL), short maxilla (20.7–23.3% HL)expanded abruptly under maxillary tooth position, short postorbital distance (36.6–46.9% HL), short pelvic to anal-fin origin distance (17.1–20.6% SL), 22–27 branched anal-fin rays, long caudal peduncle (13.3–16.5% SL), bony hooks restricted to pelvic-fin rays 2 to 6 and anterior 6–13 branched anal-fin rays on mature males, and the presence of broad denticles on anterior, lateral, and posterior edges of first ceratobranchial gill rakers (Ref. 72407). Mirande, J.M., G. Aguilera and M. Azpelicueta 2007 A new species of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) from the endorheic Río Salí basin, Tucumán, northwestern Argentina. Zootaxa 1646:31-39. (Ref. 72407) FB-Distribution-63575 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2007-12-27 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63575 South America: Argentina. Río Salí basin in northwestern Argentina (Ref. 72407). Mirande, J.M., G. Aguilera and M. Azpelicueta 2007 A new species of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) from the endorheic Río Salí basin, Tucumán, northwestern Argentina. Zootaxa 1646:31-39. (Ref. 72407) FB-TrophicStrategy-63575 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-06-16 20:00:13 2009-06-16 20:00:13 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ puka The type locality is approximately one-meter deep and has a gravel bottom, with slow current (Ref. 72407). Mirande, J.M., G. Aguilera and M. Azpelicueta 2007 A new species of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) from the endorheic Río Salí basin, Tucumán, northwestern Argentina. Zootaxa 1646:31-39. (Ref. 72407) FB-Size-63575 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2007-12-27 00:00:00 2024-03-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63575 5.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 72407)) Mirande, J.M., G. Aguilera and M. Azpelicueta 2007 A new species of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) from the endorheic Río Salí basin, Tucumán, northwestern Argentina. Zootaxa 1646:31-39. (Ref. 72407) 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/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-63575 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2007-12-27 00:00:00 2024-03-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63575 benthopelagic; freshwater