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Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Vandelliinae
Etymology: Plectrochilus: Greek, plektron = anything to strike with, spur + Greek, cheilos = lip (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Rev Francisco Machado da Silva collected for and/or donated specimens to the Museu Urbis of Rio de Janeiro. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / গভীরতার পরিসীমা / distribution range
বাস্তুসংস্থান
; স্বাদু পানি সমুদতলে ভাসমান বেনথোপেলাজিক. Tropical
South America: Amazon River basin.
আকৃতি / ওজন / Age
পরিপক্কতা : Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.3 cm পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 39970)
Specimens of P. machadoi were found partially buried in the belly of a specimen of Pseudoplatystoma where it apparently had burrowed through the body wall (Ref. 6868).
Life cycle and mating behavior
পরিপক্কতা | প্রজনন | ডিম ছাড়া | ডিমসমূহ | ডিম্বধারন ক্ষমতা | শুককীট
de Pínna, M.C.C. and W. Wosiacki, 2003. Trichomycteridae (pencil or parasitic catfishes). p. 270-290. 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. 39970)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (সূত্র
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
ট্রফিক পর্যায়ে (সূত্র
69278): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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