Astyanax Aramburui
📖 Overview
Collected from a creek which is a relatively extensive watercourse, with sections about 50 m wide and pools over 2 m deep; vegetated with grasses and other plants, and the bottom consists of mud and clay .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Diagnosis: Distinct from its congeners in having a round or trapezoidal black humeral spot, dorsal to the lateral line; a branch of the infraorbital sensory canal directed ventrally, continued as a series of pores totally or partially traversing the third infraorbital; body relatively slender (31.8-37.4% SL); eye large (41.1-45.8% HL); snout short (15.5-20.9% HL); caudal peduncle relatively slender (10.3-12% SL); one pentacuspid maxillary tooth; pored lateral line scales 38-42; and anal fin rays v-vi, 23-29. The males have breeding tubercles on the head and scales, and bony hooks on all fins .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Astyanax Aramburui is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; pelagic; depth range 2 - ? m . Subtropical South America: Argentina.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Astyanax Aramburui.
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