Jupiaba
poekotero
Zanata & Lima, 2005
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Family:
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Characidae
(Characins), subfamily: Incertae sedis
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Order:
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Characiformes
(characins)
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Class:
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:
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6.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 54762) |
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Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater
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Climate: |
tropical |
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Importance:
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Resilience: |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
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Distribution:
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South America: known only from the Rio Tiqui? upper Rio Negro basin in Brazil.
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Morphology:
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Biology: |
Collected exclusively by seining beaches in pools immediately downstream of waterfalls or rapids, but not in the rapids themselves (Ref. 54762). Apparently avoids small forest streams (Ref. 54762). Feeds on filamentous algae, fragments of Podostemaceae, terrestrial and aquatic Hemipterans, adults and larvae of Trichopterans and odonate nymphs (Ref. 54762).
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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harmless
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