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Etymology: Hypopygus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, pyge = tail (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: This is a toponym referring to La Neblina National Park, Amazonas, Venezuela, which is where Mago-Leccia first noticed the differences between this species and H. lepturus. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical

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South America: Several localities of southern Venezuela, including Atabapo and Negro rivers, the Casiquiare Canal and La Neblina National Park; also collected in the Rio Meta system in Colombia and some localities in Bolivia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.2 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26457)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos anales: 124 - 155. Anal fin rays 124-155; precaudal vertebrae 13-14; caudal vertebrae 66-71. Coloration pattern: dusky background with 18-26 saddle-like dark bands on middorsal between nape and end of anal fin; black margins usually present on pectoral fin rays. Snout 27-30% in head length; postorbital distance 60-67% in head length. Head with strongly convex anterior profile.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Mago-Leccia, F., 1994. Electric fishes of the continental waters of America. Fundacion para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales (FUDECI), Biblioteca de la Academia de Ciencias Fisicas. Matematicas y Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela. vol. 29 . 206 p. (Ref. 26457)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 September 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00198 - 0.01923), b=3.06 (2.81 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Hypopygus neblinae Mago-Leccia, 1994