Classification / Names
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Etymology: ubirajarai: From the author, Wilson Costa: "the name ubirajarai is in honour of Ubirajara Martins, entomologist at Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, professor of principles of taxonomy, who was teacher and friend during my early formation in Systematics, providing great enthusiasm for studying taxonomy of killifishes about 30 years ago" (Ref. 92338).
Eponymy: Dr Ubirajara Ribeiro ‘Bira’ Martins de Souza (1932–2015) was a Brazilian entomologist who spent his career researching at the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo (1959–2015) which had awarded his PhD (1975) and where he became a [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
; Γλυκού νερού Πελαγικό(ά). Tropical; 17°S - 18°S, 52°W - 53°W
South America: Brazil, Estado de Goias, Municipo de Mineiros. Known only from the type locality, a stream tributary to the Babilônia River, upper Araguaia River Basin (Ref. 92338).
Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 92338); 2.7 cm SL (female)
Short description
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Differs from all other species of the genus, except M. litteratus, by the presence of a short dark yellowish grey stripe on the caudal fin in females, connecting black caudal spot on the middle of the fin (vs. never a horizontal mark in this position) (Ref. 92338).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες
Costa, W.J.E.M., 2012. Two new species of Melanorivulus from the Caiapós hill, upper Araguaia river basin, Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 23(3):211-218 (Ref. 92338)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00661 (0.00305 - 0.01429), b=3.10 (2.91 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).