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Characiformes (Characins) >
Acestrorhamphidae (American tetras) > Incertae sedis
Etymology: Gymnocharacinus: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, charax = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Frederico Guillermo ‘Carlos’ (Friedrich Wilhelm Carl) Berg (1843–1902) was a Latvian entomologist and naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.
Taxonomic Remarks
Illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner, 1903:18 Pl. 1 (fig. 2). See Géry, 1977:535 and CEAL, 1988:8 for comments. Common names according to Axelrod et al., 1991:1115 and Ortubay & Cussac, 2000:144. Threatened species according to Ortubay & Cussac, 2000:144.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale. Subtropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 35685); 35°S - 36°S
South America: Valcheta stream in Rio Negro basin, Southern Argentina.
Lunghezza alla prima maturità / Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm 3.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 38376)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 12; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 19. Entirely naked (scale only shown on lateral line in specimens > 5 cm TL; head profile obtuse. Color is dark brown, greenish, the belly is cream; there is a copper-colored band on the flanks (Ref. 35685).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Medium sized fish considered to be the most southern characid living in temperate waters. Young with very tiny soft and delicate scales which are reabsorbed into the skin making the skin greasy and often with granulated or spongy appearance (Ref. 7252).
Ortubay, S. and V. Cussac, 2000. Threatened fishes of the world: Gymnocharacinus bergi Steindachner, 1903 (Characidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 58:144. (Ref. 35685)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: di nessun interesse; Acquario: Commerciale
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time: 1.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (tm=1).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
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