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Characidae (Characins) > Incertae sedis
Etymology: Hemigrammus: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, gramma = letter, signal (Ref. 45335); ora: From the Latin ora, meaningn the coast as the end of the land and also the whole habitable region on the coast, referring to the distribution of this species in the coast region.. More on author: Géry.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?
Distribution
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South America: Sinnamary, Pripri Yiyi in French Guiana.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57781)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Inhabits swamp near the water surface (Ref. 57781).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Zarske, A., P.-Y. Le Bail and J. Géry, 2006. New and poorly known characiform fishes from French Guiana. 1. Two new tetras of the genera Hemigrammus and Hyphessobrycon (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Zool. Abhand. Dresden 55:17-30. (Ref. 57781)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 109396)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01230 (0.00551 - 0.02747), b=3.08 (2.89 - 3.27), based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
69278): .
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .