Bryconamericus singularis

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Bryconamericus singularis Román-Valencia, Taphorn & Ruiz-C., 2008

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> Characiformes (Characins) > Stevardiidae (Stevardiids) > Diapominae
Etymology: Bryconamericus: Greek, bryko = to bite + America, latinized (Ref. 45335); singularis: The specific name refers to the singular and striking aspect of this species.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

South America: Cinaruco River, Orinoco River basin in Venezuela.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.9 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 77139)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 12; Radios blandos anales: 20 - 21; Vértebra: 33. Distinguished from all other species of the genus in having the following characters: top of the head flat; dentary with six or seven slight unicuspid teeth; a dark lateral band extending from posterior edge of the usually diffuse humeral spot to the base of caudal fin, and that widens and strengthens in intensity posteriorly at point beneath dorsal fin origin; and five supraneural bones without cartilage on either upper or lower edges and without cartilage on all structures (Ref. 77139).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

An omnivorous fish which feeds on aquatic insects, snails, seeds and aquatic plants (Ref. 77139).

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

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Román-Valencia, C., D.C. Taphorn B. and R.I. Ruiz-C., 2008. Two new Bryconamericus: B. cinarucoense n. sp. And B. singularis n. sp. (Characiformes, characidae) from the Cinaruco River, Orinoco Basin, with keys to all Venezuelan species. Anim. Biodivers. Conserv. 31(1):15-27. (Ref. 77139)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 November 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

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Fuentes de Internet

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00599 - 0.03330), b=2.98 (2.80 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  2.8   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈