Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Feeds on worms, crustaceans and insects (Ref. 7020). Bottom spawner, 3 months incubation. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).
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Costa, W.J.E.M. 2005 The neotropical annual killifish genus Pterolebias Garman (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): phylogenetic relationships, descriptive morphology, and taxonomic revision. Zootaxa 1067:1-36. (Ref. 57631)
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Distribution
South America: Amazon and Paraguay River basins.
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Costa, W.J.E.M. 2003 Rivulidae (South American Annual Fishes). p. 526-548. 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. 36579)
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Amazon River basin: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
12.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 27139))
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Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)
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Type Information
Cotype for Pterolebias longipinnis
Catalog Number: USNM 120429
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1866
Locality: Brazil Santarem, Brazil, South America
Catalog Number: USNM 120429
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1866
Locality: Brazil Santarem, Brazil, South America
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
benthopelagic; non-migratory; freshwater; pH range: 6.5 - 7.0; dH range: 5 - 8
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Trophic Strategy
Feeds on worms, crustaceans and insects.
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Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
aquarium: commercial
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Mills, D. and G. Vevers 1989 The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 p. (Ref. 7020)
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