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Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Cheirodontinae
Etymology: Odontostilbe: Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, stilbe, es = lamp (Ref. 45335); nareuda: Named for its type locality, the rio Nareuda.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Lower rio Benin basin, in the rios Nareuda and Muyumanu, of the rios Tahuamanu-Orthon drainage that runs parallel to the rio Madre de Dios, and the rio Madeira basin.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57085)
Found in oxbow lakes, river or small river habitats in forest with whitewater or turbid-white water and bottom consisting of sandy or muddy substrate with sticks, logs and leaves (Ref. 57085).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bührnheim, C.M. and L.R. Malabarba, 2006. Redescription of the type species of Odontostilbe Cope, 1870 (Teleostei: Characidae: Cheirodontinae), and description of three new species from the Amazon basin. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 4(2):167-196. (Ref. 57085)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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