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Serrasalmidae (Piranhas and pacus) > Myleinae						
							
							Etymology: Acnodon: Latin, acus = needle + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Anazildo Mateus de Sena was a Brazilian fisheries worker at Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus. During one of his last collecting trips, he collected the holotype of this species (1987). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
						
					Issue   
See Leite & Jégu (1990) for food habits.
			
			
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range					
						Ecology					
				
				
				
					Freshwater;  benthopelagic. Tropical				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					South America:  Jari River basin in Brazil.
				
				
			
			
				
					Size / Weight / Age
				
				
				
					Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 13.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39031)				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Jégu, M., 2003. Serrasalminae (Pacus and piranhas). p. 182-196. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39031)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02399 (0.01094 - 0.05261), b=2.99 (2.81 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (Ref. 
69278):  2.0   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.					
											
				
				
										
						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). 
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