Cambeva Rotundipinna
📖 Overview
Cambeva Rotundipinna (Cambeva rotundipinna) is a ray-finned fish. It inhabits freshwater waters in benthic environments. This species can reach a maximum total length of 7.8 cm. With a trophic level of 3.2, it is a low-level carnivore, feeding on invertebrates and small organisms.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 39. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: relatively short and rounded caudal fin in specimens above about 60 mm SL; procurrent caudal-fin rays 15-17 dorsal and 10 or 11 ventral; jaw teeth irregularly arranged; opercular odontodes 14-17; longer nasal barbel in specimens above 60 mm SL, reaching area between orbit and opercular patch of odontodes; colour pattern of juveniles, in which the flank is light brownish yellow with small black dots irregularly arranged; odontodes 14-17 opercular and 30-34 interopercular; broader autopalatine, with its largest width about equal to its length; posterior process of the parurohyal, its length about one third of the distance between the anterior margin of the parurohyal and the anterior insertion of the posterior process; 7 pectoral-fin rays; absence of the anterior infraorbital; posterior margin of the caudal fin convex; hypertrophied papillae on the ventral surface of the head absent; pectoral-fin filament absent; 9-10 opercular odontodes; 30-34 interopercular odontodes; 15-17 dorsal procurrent caudal-fin rays; 10 or 11 ventral procurrent caudal-fin rays; dorsal-fin origin at a vertical through the centrum of the 21st or 22nd vertebra; jaw teeth pointed, irregularly arranged; and 39 vertebrae .: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Cambeva Rotundipinna is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Cambeva Rotundipinna is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Cambeva Rotundipinna is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical South America: Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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