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Hyphessobrycon tuyensis García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2008

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Stethaprioninae
Etymology: Hyphessobrycon: Greek, hyphesson, -on, -on = a little smaller + Greek, bryko = to bite (Ref. 45335);  tuyensis: Named for its type locality, the Tuy River of the Caribbean slope of Venezuela..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: known only from the type locality in the Tuy River drainage of northern Venezuela.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79635)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 24 - 25; Vertebrae: 32. Distinguished from other species of the genus in having the following characters: inner premaxilla row with 4 teeth; lateral line with 7 pored scales, except in Hyphessobrycon compressus with 7-9; dentary with 6 teeth; maxilla with 2 foramina; mouth subterminal; long bony laminar prolongation on postcleithrum 3 that is 3/4 of the length of that bone; and a continuous dark lateral band from posterior edge of opercle through central caudal-fin rays, except in Hyphessobrycon sovichthys (Ref. 79635).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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García-Alzate, C.A., C. Román-Valencia and D.C. Taphorn, 2008. Revision of the Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus-group (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae), with description of two new species from Venezuela. Vertebrate Zoology 58(2):139-157. (Ref. 79635)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 12 May 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00520 - 0.03049), b=3.08 (2.90 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.9   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).