Bryconops Munduruku

📖 Overview

Igarapé Açu presents clear water running over sandy beds; its headwaters are located within the limits of the Tapajós National Forest and are densely covered by marginal vegetation .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal soft rays: 26 - 29; Vertebrae: 41 - 42. Diagnosis: Bryconops munduruku differs from its congeners, except B. inpai and B. piracolina, by possessing a black adipose fin (vs. adipose fin hyaline in alcohol); it differs from B. inpai and B. piracolina by possessing a hyaline band on the black adipose-fin base (vs. entirely black adipose fin in B. piracolina and B. inpai); Bryconops munduruku differs further from B. piracolina by having a hyaline dorsal fin (vs. presence of a large black blotch on the dorsal-fin base); Bryconops munduruku differs from other species of the subgenus Creatochanes, except B. inpai, by possessing 2 humeral blotches (vs. lack of humeral blotch or humeral region with a single humeral blotch in B. humeralis and B. vibex); it differs further from B. inpai due to the uniform color pattern on the posterior portion of the side of the body (vs. presence of a dark stripe extending posteriorly from the half of the anal-fin base onto the base of the middle caudal-fin rays) . : fusiform / normal.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Bryconops Munduruku is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Bryconops Munduruku is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Bryconops Munduruku is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South Amrerica: known from the Igarapé Açu, a tributary on the right margin of the Tapajós River, about 10 km from Aveiro, Pará State, Brazil (Ref.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

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