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Etymology: Cynopotamus: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, potamos = river (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: The Xinguano are an Amerindian tribe living in Parque Indígena do Xingu; a national park in the Rio Xingu basin, Brazil. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical
South America: Brazil. Xingu River basin.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.2 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 1111518); peso máx. Publicado: 35.00 g (Ref. 111518)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Cynopotamus xinguano belongs to the group of species characterized by ii, 9 dorsal-fin rays
[versus ii, 10 in C. argenteus (Valenciennes)] and 91–125 perforated lateral-line scales (versus 85–90 in C. juruenae Menezes) (Menezes, 1976, 1987).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Menezes, N.A., 2007. A new species of Cynopotamus Valenciennes, 1849 (Characiformes, Characidae) with a key to the species of the genus. Zootaxa 1635:55-61. (Ref. 72392)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00534 - 0.01709), b=3.00 (2.84 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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