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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Characiformes (Characins) >
Crenuchidae (South American darters) > Characidiinae
Etymology: Melanocharacidium: Greek, melan, -anos = black + Greek, diminutive, charax = a marine fish woithout identification (Ref. 45335); compressum: Specific name refers to its relatively compressed body form.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: upper Orinoco River basin between Puerto Ayacucho and Casiquiare River in Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37059)
Inhabits, rivers with sand and mud bottom in turbid and green water.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Buckup, P.A., 1993. Review of the characidiin fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes), with descriptions of four new genera and ten new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 4(2):97-154. (Ref. 13683)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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