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Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Phalloptychus: Greek, phallos = penis * Greek, ptyx, ptychos = fold (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce pelagico; pH range: 6.8 - 8.0; dH range: ? - 25. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 26130)
South America: Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina (Ref. 9086).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 26130); 4.0 cm (female)
Usually found in shallow, flowing and standing waters that can warm up considerably. Occurs in company with other livebearers, such as Poecilia vivipara and Jenynsia lineata. A photo of this species taken from Santos channel, state of São Paulo, Brazil has a maximum length of 3.3 cm SL (photo by T. Vaske, Jr.).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
After 24 days gestation, gives birth to 10-30 young.
Wischnath, L., 1993. Atlas of livebearers of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., United States of America. 336 p. (Ref. 26130)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00482 - 0.01646), b=3.22 (3.06 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (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).