Overview
Distribution
South America: Orinoco River basin.
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Lima, F.C.T., L.R. Malabarba, P.A. Buckup, J.F. Pezzi da Silva, R.P. Vari, A. Harold, R. Benine, O.T. Oyakawa, C.S. Pavanelli, N.A. Menezes, C.A.S. Lucena, M.C.S.L. Malabarba, Z.M.S. Lucena, R.E. Reis, F. Langeani, C. Moreira et al. ⦠2003 Genera Incertae Sedis in Characidae. p. 106-168. 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. 38376)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38376&speccode=10622
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
6.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 38376))
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Lima, F.C.T., L.R. Malabarba, P.A. Buckup, J.F. Pezzi da Silva, R.P. Vari, A. Harold, R. Benine, O.T. Oyakawa, C.S. Pavanelli, N.A. Menezes, C.A.S. Lucena, M.C.S.L. Malabarba, Z.M.S. Lucena, R.E. Reis, F. Langeani, C. Moreira et al. ⦠2003 Genera Incertae Sedis in Characidae. p. 106-168. 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. 38376)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38376&speccode=10622
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Diagnostic Description
Distinguished from congeners from the Orinoco and Lake Maracaibo basins by having teeth of outer premaxillary row arranged in zigzag and eight to 11 small lateral teeth on dentary(behind larger front teeth) (Ref. 86277).
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Román-Valencia, C., C.A. Garcia-Alzate, R.I. Ruiz-C. and D.C. Taphorn 2010 Bryconamericus macarenae n. sp. (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Güejar River, Macarena mountain range, Colombia. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 33(2):195-203. (Ref. 86277)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=86277&speccode=49392
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Ecology
Habitat
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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