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Acestrorhamphidae (American tetras) > Tyttobryconinae
Etymology: Priocharax: Greek, prio = to saw + Greek, charax, -akos = a fish without identification (Ref. 45335); britzi: Named after Dr. Ralf Britz, noteworthy ichthyologist, he mastered the world of small fishes and has described more than 20 miniature species, including two species of Priocharax; noun in the genitive case.
Eponymy: Dr Ralf Britz is a German zoologist and ichthyologist whose research foci are the anatomy, ontogeny and systematics of fish. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 1 m (Ref. 124594). Tropical
South America: Brazil.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 124594)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9; Radios blandos anales: 22 - 27; Vértebra: 32 - 33. This species is distinguished from all its congeners except P. pygmaeus by having lower number of teeth in the maxilla 21-30 (vs 32-58) and dentary 26-29 (vs 33-55); differs from P. pygmaeus by the presence of two postcleithra (vs. absence and branched anal-fin rays 22-27 modes 25 and 26 (vs. 19-22, mode 19); differs fom P. nanus and P. varii by having pelvic-fin rays i,5 (vs.i,6) and postcleithrum 3, slender and sinuous (vs. relatively thick and straight); differs from P. ariel by the branched anal-fin rays 22-27 (vs. 16-22) and with two postcleithra (vs. absent); further differs from P. varii by the absence of the adipose fin (vs. presence) and from P. nanus by the absence of the claustrum (vs. presence); with a shorter snout relative to the orbital diameter when compared to all congeners except P. nanus [range of the proportion of snout length in relation to orbital diameter and its mean is 45-59 (mean = 53.6; SD = 3.8) in P. britzi vs. 60-76 (mean = 65.5; SD = 4.9) in P. pygmaeus, 54-81 (mean = 67.0; SD = 5.1) in P. varii and 54-84 (mean = 68.4; SD = 6.3) in P. ariel]. Molecular analyses further support the recognition of the new species (Ref. 124594).
Cross section: compressed.
Specimens were collected from a small lake approximately 15 m wide and 35 m long, apparently isolated from the main channel of the rio Ipixuna and where the water level was low as sampling occurred during the dry season (September). It is possible that this lake connects to the main channel in the wet season. Collection was done near the shore at depths varying from 0.5–1.0 m, when the bottom was muddy with patches of leaf litter. Vegetation around the lake was composed mainly of dead logs and branches. Collected with the characiforms Carnegiella marthae, Hemigrammus sp., Hyphessobrycon rosaceus. Iguanodectes spilurus, Microcharacidium sp., Nannostomus digrammus, Nannostomus eques; the catfish Amblydoras affinis; the knifefishes Brachyhypopomus beebei, Microsternarchus bilineatus; the cichlids Apistogramma cf. pulchra, Biotoecus opercularis and Crenicichla cyanotus (Ref. 124594).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Mattox, G.M.T., C.d.S. de Souza, M. Toledo-Piza and C. Oliveira, 2021. A new miniature species of Priocharax (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Ipixuna, Purus drainage, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 19(2). (Ref. 124594)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00661 (0.00301 - 0.01449), b=3.11 (2.93 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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