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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Stevardiinae
Etymology: Knodus: Greek, knodon, -ontos = knife, sword (Ref. 45335); shinahota: Named for its type locality, río Shinahota; noun in apposition.

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Freshwater; pelagic. Subtropical

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South America: Bolivia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75798)

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This species can be distinguished from all congeners except K. chapadae and K. geryi by the following characters: 6 rows of scales between the lateral line and the dorsal-fin origin (vs. 4 or 5 rows); differs from K. chapadae by possessing 5 rows of scales between the lateral line and the pelvic-fin origin (vs. 3½ or 4); 38-41 lateral line scales (vs. 36-38); differs from K. geryi by having 5 rows of scales between the lateral line and the pelvic-fin origin (vs. 4); 17-20 branched anal-fin rays (vs. 15-17), and in lacking the 2 symmetric, large, dark, blotches, which are present on the base of the caudal-fin lobes in K. geryi (Ref. 75798).

The are of occurrence, río Shinahota, is a typical Andean piedmont drainage, with medium water velocity; mainly gravel and pebbles substrate; some years the river has an intermittent flow. This riparian forest is degraded and the river polluted by domestic waste (Ref. 75798).

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Ferreira, K.M. and F.M. Carvajal, 2007. Knodus shinahota (Characiformes: Characidae) a new species from the río Shinahota, río Chapare basin (Mamoré system), Bolivia. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 5(1):31-36. (Ref. 75798)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Critically Endangered (CR) (B2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 22 April 2014

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00443 - 0.02057), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Knodus shinahota Ferreira & Carvajal, 2007