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Acestrorhamphidae (American tetras) > Stichonodontinae
Etymology: mikia: Mikia, after the common name employed by the Tuyuka indian people (who live at the upper rio Tiquié, the type locality) for the species of the Moenkhausia lepidura complex.
Eponymy: Dr William J Moenkhaus (1871–1947) was an American geneticist and ichthyologist who became Professor of Physiology at Indiana University Medical School (1904–1941), where he was Eigenmann’s colleague. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical
South America: Amazon and Orinoco basins.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 85074)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 10 - 11; Rayons mous anaux: 22 - 25; Vertèbres: 34 - 35. Distinguished from congeners mainly by the combination of a conspicuous, relatively small and circular humeral spot, a black spot on the upper caudal-fin lobe, lower caudal-fin lobe without spot or a faint one, and middle caudal-fin rays hyaline or with dark tips. Mature males have a unique combination of two large-sized bony hooks on the anal-fin rays and tiny spines on the distal portion of all fins, which separates this new species from any other species of Characidae (Ref. 85074).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Marinho, M.M.F. and F. Langeani, 2010. A new species of Moenkhausia from the rio Amazonas and rio Orinoco basins (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa 2577:57-68. (Ref. 85074)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: d'intérêt potentiel
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00581 - 0.03597), b=3.00 (2.78 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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