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Eponymy: Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897) was an American palaeontologist, anatomist, herpetologist and ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Issue
This species was described from aquarium specimens said to be from the Peruvian Amazon. It occurs from near the mouth of the Rio Negro west into the Marañon and Ucayali rivers of Peru. It is sometimes confused with C. metae but differs in its color pattern. Both have an almost black horizontal stripe across the body but C. nigrofasciata has a row of bright red spots just above the black stripe while C. metae has a pale stripe without any red spots. Zarske and Géry, 1997:14; Ortega and Vari, 1986:10.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 7.0; dH range: ? - 8. Tropical; 21°C - 25°C (Ref. 1672)
South America: upper Amazon River basin, from Manaus and into the Ucayali River.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37104)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25. (Ref. 6329)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00377 - 0.01527), b=3.11 (2.93 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
