Bryconops munduruku : fisheries

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Bryconops munduruku Silva-Oliveira, Canto & Ribeiro, 2015

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Iguanodectidae ("Lizard bite tetras")
Etymology: Bryconops: Greek, bryko = to bite + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335);  munduruku: Named in allusion to a tribe of Munduruku Indians denominated Tapajós-Tapera, who settled on the right margin of the Tapajós River, giving rise to what today is the city of Aveiro, the type locality of Bryconops munduruku (Ref. 104128).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

South Amrerica: known from the igarapé Açu, a tributary on the right margin of the Tapajós River, about 10 km from Aveiro, Pará State, Brazil (Ref. 104128).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.6 cm male/unsexed; (Ref. 104128)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal soft rays: 26 - 29; Vertebrae: 41 - 42. Diagnosis: Bryconops munduruku differs from its congeners, except B. inpai and B. piracolina, by possessing a black adipose fin (vs. adipose fin hyaline in alcohol); it differs from B. inpai and B. piracolina by possessing a hyaline band on the black adipose-fin base (vs. entirely black adipose fin in B. piracolina and B. inpai); Bryconops munduruku differs further from B. piracolina by having a hyaline dorsal fin (vs. presence of a large black blotch on the dorsal-fin base); Bryconops munduruku differs from other species of the subgenus Creatochanes, except B. inpai, by possessing 2 humeral blotches (vs. lack of humeral blotch or humeral region with a single humeral blotch in B. humeralis and B. vibex); it differs further from B. inpai due to the uniform color pattern on the posterior portion of the side of the body (vs. presence of a dark stripe extending posteriorly from the half of the anal-fin base onto the base of the middle caudal-fin rays) (Ref. 104128).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Igarapé Açu presents clear water running over sandy beds; its headwaters are located within the limits of the Tapajós National Forest and are densely covered by marginal vegetation (Ref. 104128).

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