Overview
Distribution
Teles Pires River tributary of the Tapajós River system, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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South America: upper rio Tapajós system in Brazil.
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Lucena, C.A.S. de 2003 New characid fish, Hyphessobrycon scutulatus, from the rio Teles Pires drainage, upper rio Tapajós system (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 1(2):93-96. (Ref. 54770)
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Physical Description
Morphology
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analsoft rays: 21 - 24; Vertebrae: 37 - 38
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Lucena, C.A.S. de 2003 New characid fish, Hyphessobrycon scutulatus, from the rio Teles Pires drainage, upper rio Tapajós system (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 1(2):93-96. (Ref. 54770)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=54770&speccode=62175
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Size
Max. size
3.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 54770))
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Lucena, C.A.S. de 2003 New characid fish, Hyphessobrycon scutulatus, from the rio Teles Pires drainage, upper rio Tapajós system (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 1(2):93-96. (Ref. 54770)
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Diagnostic Description
Distinguished from all Hyphessobrycon species by the following characters: 7-8 tricuspid teeth in the inner premaxillary tooth row; 5-9 tricuspid teeth in maxilla; 18-21 anal-fin branched rays; small dark spot centered on the basal portion of the median caudal-fin rays, sometimes extending to their distal portions; humeral spot and longitudinal stripe absent; male pelvic fins with hooks; hooks sometimes present in the anal fin (Ref. 54770).Description: Dorsal-fin rays ii,9; anal-fin rays iii,19 (iii, 18-21); pectoral-fin rays i,10 (i,10-12); pelvic-fin rays i,7 (Ref. 54770).
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Lucena, C.A.S. de 2003 New characid fish, Hyphessobrycon scutulatus, from the rio Teles Pires drainage, upper rio Tapajós system (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 1(2):93-96. (Ref. 54770)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=54770&speccode=62175
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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.
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