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Lebiasinidae (Pencilfishes) > Pyrrhulininae
Etymology: Nannostomus: Latin, nannus = small + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Sir John Burchmore Harrison (1856–1928) was the Government Geologist, Georgetown, British Guiana (Guyana) and Director, Department of Science and Agriculture, British Guiana at the time of Eigenmann’s 1908 expedition. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Eigenmann.
Issue
The most recent distributional records were published by Weitzman & Weitzman (1982: Fig. 229). Most recent systematic descriptions are by Weitzman (1966) and Weitzman & Cobb (1975). Weitzman & Cobb (1975) published photographs of growth stages of juveniles demonstrating that Archicheir minutus is a juvenile of Nannostomus harrisoni. Occasionally exported as an aquarium fish, Weitzman et al. (2001).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 5.5 - 7.0; dH range: ? - 4. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672)
South America: Demerara River basin, Guyana.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37401)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Weitzman, M. and S.H. Weitzman, 2003. Lebiasinidae (Pencil fishes). p. 241-251. 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. 37104)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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