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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Pterygoplichthys: Greek, pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin + Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr José Lima de Figueiredo (d: 1943), aka ‘Ze Lima’, is a Brazilian ichthyologist who is a former researcher and curator of fishes at the Zoological Museum of the University of São Paulo. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Issue
12S and 16S mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences used in a molecular phylogeny of Loricariidae by Montoya-Burgos et al. (1997: fig. 4; EMBL/GenBank Y08286, Y08334).
Environment: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal. Tropical; 24°C - 29°C (Ref. 12468)
South America: Tocantins River basin.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.5 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 96599)
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274)
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. (Ref. 58032)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02399 (0.01036 - 0.05553), b=2.96 (2.78 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
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