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Hypopomidae (Bluntnose knifefishes)
Etymology: Brachyhypopomus: Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, hypo = under + Greek, poma, -atos = cover (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Charles William Beebe (1877–1962) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer and author. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Schultz.
Taxonomic Remarks
Ecology: Associated with floating vegetation.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical
South America: tropical areas east of the Andes.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 12225); common length : 32.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 12225)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Associated with floating vegetation (Ref. 37053). Maximum length reported to reach 35 cm SL (Ref. 27188).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 1996. Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane. Tome 1. Collection du Patrimoine Naturel Volume 22, MNHN, Paris & INRA, Paris. 429 p. (Ref. 12225)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00372 (0.00141 - 0.00980), b=3.06 (2.83 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.2 ±0.40 se; based on food items.
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
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