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Austrolebias charrua Costa %26 Cheffe, 2001
Family: Rivulidae (Rivulines) Show available picture(s) for Austrolebias charrua
Order: Cyprinodontiformes (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size: 4.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 44045); 4.17 cm SL (female)
Environment: benthopelagic; non-migratory; freshwater
Climate: tropical
Importance:
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:

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South America: Laguna dos Patos basin in Brazil.
Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 26; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 21 %26#150; 29; Vertebrae: 28 %26#150; 31. Two apomorphic color patterns, body bright gray with dark gray to black stripes in males (versus light gray or no stripes; stripes of equal size to, or wider than the light interspaces) and a vertically paired black blotch on caudal peduncle of juveniles and females (versus small spots irregularly arranged, or a single round dorsally positioned spot, or no spots on caudal peduncle). Scales on longitudinal series 28-30, supraorbital neuromasts 19-24, caudal fin rounded (fin rays 23-26), pharyngobranchial teeth 2-5. Dorsal fin origin anterior to anal fin origin in females.
Biology:
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator: Costa, Wilson J.E.M.
 
 
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