Overview
Distribution
Amazon River basin, Uatumã River, Brazil.
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South America: Amazon River basin, Uatumã River in Brazil.
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Jégu, M. 2003 Serrasalminae (Pacus and piranhas). p. 182-196. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39031)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=39031&speccode=263
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Physical Description
Morphology
Vertebrae: 35 - 38
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Merckx, A., M. Jégu and G. Mendes Dos Santos 2000 Une nouvelle espèce de Serrasalmus (Teleostei: Characidae: Serrasalminae), S. altispinis n. sp., décrite du rio uatumã (Amazonas, Brésil) avec une description complémentaire de S. rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766) du plateau Guyanais. Cybium 24(2):181-201. (Ref. 36224)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36224&speccode=11970
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Size
Max. size
19.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 39031))
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Jégu, M. 2003 Serrasalminae (Pacus and piranhas). p. 182-196. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39031)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=39031&speccode=263
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Diagnostic Description
distal black stripe on caudal fin; 4 supraneurals before dorsal pterygiophores; height of abdominal serrae 4.4-5.8% of SL, interorbitary distance 8.8-10.1% of SL; body depth 47.4-57.4% of SL; color of lateral body dark; humeral blotch well marked.
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Merckx, A., M. Jégu and G. Mendes Dos Santos 2000 Une nouvelle espèce de Serrasalmus (Teleostei: Characidae: Serrasalminae), S. altispinis n. sp., décrite du rio uatumã (Amazonas, Brésil) avec une description complémentaire de S. rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766) du plateau Guyanais. Cybium 24(2):181-201. (Ref. 36224)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36224&speccode=11970
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Ecology
Habitat
Migration
Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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