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Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Tetragonopterinae
Etymology: Tetragonopterus: Name from Greek words: 'Tetra' meaning four; 'gonia' meaning angle; 'pteron' for fin; referring to the evident tetragonal shape of the body (Ref. 124043); manaos: Named for the tribe, the Manaós, an indigenous tribe that inhabited the lower rio Negro, which includes the type-locality; noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
South America: Brazil (central Amazon).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 118360)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 25 - 29. This species is distinguished from all congeners, except Tetragonopterus ommatus by having a vertically-oriented patch of dark pigmentation limited to the posterior portion of the caudal peduncle (vs. mark centered on the caudal peduncle); differs from T. ommatus by the number of maxillary teeth 4-6 (vs. 7-8), with thinner and sharper dentary teeth (vs. more robust) and with greatest body depth 47.5-54.9% of SL (vs. 42.1-44.7% of SL); further differs from all congeners, except T. anostomus, T. denticulatus, T. juruena, T. rarus by the presence of five principal, sharper teeth on dentary (vs. three to four robust teeth); differs from T. anostomus by having a terminal mouth (vs. subsuperior mouth); differs further from T. anostomus, T. araguaiensis by the number of gill rakers of the first gill arch, lower and upper limbs, 13-15 and 8-10, respectively (vs. 17-20 and 10-13, respectively); differs from T. kuluene by having two humeral dark marks (vs. one); differs from T. argenteus by the predorsal scales 7-9 (vs. 11-18); differs from T. chalceus by bearing five thinner and sharper dentary teeth (vs. four robust teeth); differs from T. carvalhoi by the presence of a vertically-oriented dark mark on the caudal peduncle (vs. a lozenge-shaped dark mark); differs from T. rarus, T. georgiae by the presence of 3.5 scale rows between lateral line and pelvic-fin origin (vs. 4.5-5); differs from T. juruena by having 13-15 rakers on the lower limb of the first gill arch (vs. 10-12); differs from T. rarus by the absence of dark longitudinal stripes on the lateral surface of the body (vs. presence) (Ref. 118360).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Urbanski, B.Q., B.F. Melo, G.S.C. Silva and R.C. Benine, 2018. A new species of Tetragonopterus (Characiformes: Characidae) from Central Amazon lowlands, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 16(2):e170158. (Ref. 118360)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02951 (0.01224 - 0.07115), b=2.91 (2.71 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 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).
