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Characiformes (Characins) >
Acestrorhamphidae (American tetras) > Incertae sedis
Etymology: Gymnocharacinus: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, charax = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Frederico Guillermo ‘Carlos’ (Friedrich Wilhelm Carl) Berg (1843–1902) was a Latvian entomologist and naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.
Taxonomic Remarks
Illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner, 1903:18 Pl. 1 (fig. 2). See Géry, 1977:535 and CEAL, 1988:8 for comments. Common names according to Axelrod et al., 1991:1115 and Ortubay & Cussac, 2000:144. Threatened species according to Ortubay & Cussac, 2000:144.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / gama de distribuição
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal. Subtropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 35685); 35°S - 36°S
South America: Valcheta stream in Rio Negro basin, Southern Argentina.
Comprimento na primeira maturidade / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm 3.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 38376)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 12; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais moles: 19. Entirely naked (scale only shown on lateral line in specimens > 5 cm TL; head profile obtuse. Color is dark brown, greenish, the belly is cream; there is a copper-colored band on the flanks (Ref. 35685).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Medium sized fish considered to be the most southern characid living in temperate waters. Young with very tiny soft and delicate scales which are reabsorbed into the skin making the skin greasy and often with granulated or spongy appearance (Ref. 7252).
Ortubay, S. and V. Cussac, 2000. Threatened fishes of the world: Gymnocharacinus bergi Steindachner, 1903 (Characidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 58:144. (Ref. 35685)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: sem interesse; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time: 1.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (tm=1).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
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