Characidium Kalunga
📖 Overview
Overview information for Characidium Kalunga is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
This species is distinguished by lacking scales on the isthmus; a single row of dentary teeth; no scales from isthums to anterior margin of cleithra; with a unique color pattern of inconspicuous vertical bars disconnected from the dorsal midline, forming 7-9 square blotches along the sides of the body; presence of a dark saddle-shaped mark at the base of the second to eighth dorsal-fin rays; osteologically, the first and second anal-fin proximal radials are fused and in contact with the third hemal spine, which is branched .Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Characidium Kalunga is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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