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Ichthyoelephas humeralis (Günther, 1860)
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Ichthyoelephas humeralis
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Ecuador country information
Common names:
Bocachico, Bocochico, Guavina
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1997
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Guayas and Santiago River basins (Ref. 37057).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Castro, R.M.C. and R.P. Vari, 2003
National Database:
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1997
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Guayas and Santiago River basins (Ref. 37057).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Castro, R.M.C. and R.P. Vari, 2003
National Database:
Common names from other countries
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Prochilodontidae (Flannel-mouth characiforms)
Etymology: Ichthyoelephas: Greek, ichthys = fish + greek,elephas = elephant (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.
Etymology: Ichthyoelephas: Greek, ichthys = fish + greek,elephas = elephant (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.
Issue
No recent work; see Böhlke (1958:109-112) for description.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 14°N - 11°S
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
South America: Guayas and Santiago River basins in Ecuador.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 33 - 35.
Reaches a length greater than 40 cm TL (Ref. 598).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Castro, R.M.C. and R.P. Vari, 2003. Prochilodontidae (Fannel mouth characiforms). p. 65-70. 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. 37057)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Near Threatened (NT) (B1b(iii)); Date assessed: 01 October 2020
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
FAO(Aquaculture systems: production; ; publication : search) | FishSource |
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Aquaculture systems
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Strains
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
Strains
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
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Internet sources
Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | Faunafri | Fishtrace | GenBank(genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | GOBASE | | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Scirus | SeaLifeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia(Go, Search) | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01660 (0.00781 - 0.03526), b=2.98 (2.80 - 3.16), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).