Pachyurus stewarti

Pachyurus stewarti Casatti & Chao, 2002

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Pachyurus: Greek, pachys = fat + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335); stewarti: Named for Dr. Donald Stewart (formerly at FMNH) for his contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical fishes.
Eponymy: Dr Donald James Stewart (d: 1946) is Professor of Environment & Forest Biology at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, where he presently teaches Ichthyology & Tropical Ecology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical

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South America: only known from the Río Napo and Río Aguarico, eastern Ecuador, in the western portion of the Rio Amazonas basin.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 54848)

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A species of Pachyurus with a unique coloration pattern of about twelve brown vertical bars and ellipsoid blotches on the side of trunk and a thick horizontal stripe from the middle of the caudal peduncle to the front of the caudal-fin base.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Casatti, L. and N.L. Chao, 2002. A new species of Pachyurus Agassiz 1831 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Sciaenidae) from the Río Napo basin, Eastern Ecuador. Zootaxa 38:1-7. (Ref. 54848)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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