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Acestrorhamphidae (American tetras) > Acestrorhamphinae
Etymology: Andromakhe: Named for Áνδρομάχη, Andromakhe (‘battle of men’), a character in Greek mythology, she is the wife of Hector, Prince of Troy, and, in Homer’s epic poem Iliad, the mother of Ἀστυάναξ, Astyanax (‘city protector’).
Eponymy: Andromakhe (or Andromache) is a character in Greek mythology: the wife of Hector, Prince of Troy, and the mother of Astyanax. The name was chosen when the authors placed several species formerly in the genus Astyanax into this new genus. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Subtropical; 32°S - 33°S, 54°W - 55°W
South America: Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Argentina, Río de la Plata basin, Buenos Aires, Punta Indio, Arroyo Casilda. Uruguay: Atlantic slope and Laguna Merín. Brazil: Vacacaí, Rio Grande do Sul (Ref. 84088).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 94153)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Astyanax stenohalinus is distinguished from all other Astyanax species by the possession of hooks on all fins of males, teeth not expanded distally, two or three maxillary teeth, 37–39 perforated scales in lateral series, 25–30 branched anal fin rays, and anal-fin origin located before a vertical through last dorsal-fin ray insertions (Ref. 84088)
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Terán, G.E., M.F. Benitez and J.M. Mirande, 2020. Opening the Trojan house: phylogeny of Astyanax, two genera and resurrection of Psalidodon (Teleostei: Characidae). Zool. J. Lin. Soc. 190(4):1217-1234. (Ref. 123753)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01738 (0.00792 - 0.03811), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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