Brachyrhaphis hessfeldi, Hessfeld's toothcarp

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Brachyrhaphis hessfeldi Meyer & Etzel, 2001

Hessfeld's toothcarp
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Brachyrhaphis: Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, raphis = needle (Ref. 45335);  hessfeldi: Named in honor of Mr. Gerhard Hessfeld of Hamm, Germany (Ref. 42985).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; pelagic; pH range: 5.0 - 7.1; non-migratory; depth range 0 - ? m. Tropical; 22°C - 29°C (Ref. 42985)

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Central America: Panama.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50894)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Vertebrae: 26 - 28. No dark color pattern along sides; segments of base of the gonopodium ray 3 much higher than broad (Ref. 42985).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Meyer, M.K. and V. Etzel, 2001. Additional notes on the genus Brachyrhaphis Regan, 1913, with description of a new species from Panama (Teleostei:Cyprinodontiformes:Poeciliidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum Für Tierkunde Dresden 51(4):33-39. (Ref. 42985)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 30 September 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00354 - 0.01865), b=3.16 (2.97 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±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).