Hemibrycon brevispini

Hemibrycon brevispini Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2009

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Stevardiidae (Stevardiids) > Hemibryconinae
Etymology: Hemibrycon: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, bryko = to bite (Ref. 45335); brevispini: Derived from the Latin brevi (short or reduced) and spini (hook), in reference to the presence of tiny hooks on all fins.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 5.8 - 8.0. Tropical; ? - 25°C (Ref. 83513)

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South America: La Venada Creek, Quindío-Santo Domingo River system, upper Cauca, Colombia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 7.6  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83513)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Vertebrae: 39 - 41. Diagnosed from all other species of the genus in having an elongate projection on fourth ventral neural arc near the first neural postzygoapophysis and a very reduced hooks on all fins and the posterior end of dorsal lobe of the caudal fin (Ref. 83513).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in a creek characterized by an average dissolved oxygen of 5-8 mg/l and a relative humidity of 71-100%, conductivity of 301-367 us/cm, surface temperature of 18.5-24.5°C, and pH 5.8-8.0 (Ref. 83513).

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Román-Valencia, C. and D.K. Arcila-Mesa, 2009. Two new species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Magdalena River, Colombia. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 32(2):77-87. (Ref. 83513)

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

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 10 October 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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