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Curimatidae (Toothless characins)
Etymology: Potamorhina: Greek, potamos = river + Greek, rhinos = nose (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cope.
Issue
See Vari (1984:19) for detailed description.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico; pH range: 6.0 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 18. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)
South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Introduced into northeastern Brazil.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 35935)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25. (Ref. 6329)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01820 (0.00994 - 0.03331), b=3.00 (2.85 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 128 [36, 329] mg/100g; Iron = 1.54 [0.70, 3.37] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [15.8, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.333 [0.117, 0.956] g/100g; Selenium = 42.7 [17.9, 93.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 54 [16, 152] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.77 [1.89, 4.08] mg/100g (wet weight);