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Curimatidae (Toothless characins)
Etymology: Curimatopsis: A locality in Brasil, in Piani State and local name for a fish; it also exist "curimbatá" and "curimba", diminutive + Greek, opsis = appearance.
Eponymy: Evelyn Theresa Axelrod née Miller (1928–2020) was the wife of the philanthropist, the late Herbert Richard Axelrod (1927–2017) (q. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Géry.
Issue
See Vari (1982:23) for detailed description.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; zoet water benthopelagisch. Tropical
South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 35936)
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Vari, R.P., 1992. Systematics of the neotropical characiform genus Curimatella Eigenmann and Eigenmann (Pisces: Ostariophysi), with summary comments on the Curimatidae. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 533:48 p. (Ref. 28798)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: commercieel; Aquarium: Commercieel
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Estimates based on models
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00265 - 0.01434), b=3.11 (2.91 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).