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Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Stevardiinae
Etymology: Corynopoma: Greek, koryne, -es = maze, stick, club + Greek, poma = cover (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Albert Heinrich Riise (1810–1882) was a Danish pharmacist, botanist, and collector who supplied material to the Zoologisk Museum, Copenhagen. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gill.
Issue
No recent description. Weitzman & Fink (1985) for localities and Weitzman & Menezes (1998) for comments about relationships and Burns et al. (1995) for information on insemination. See
Nelson (1964 a) for discussions of courtship behavior.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce pelagico; pH range: 6.0 - 7.8; dH range: ? - 25. Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672)
South America: coastal rivers of Trinidad and northern Venezuela and from the Meta River basin.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 38597)
Aquarium species reach 7.0 cm. TL (Ref. 1672).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Males deposit sperm capsules in the oviduct. Fertilization takes place at spawning without the male being present.
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00635 - 0.03140), b=2.99 (2.80 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).