Gymnotus Curupira
📖 Overview
Facultative air-breathing in the genus ; Inhabits mainly isolated swamp pools in the rain forest, which it can reach by moving over-land through moist leaf litter . Also occurs in small swamp pools that are never connected to streams and that dry out completely during periods of draught . Undertakes aerial respiration by gulping atmospheric air into the hypervascularized posterior chamber of the gas bladder . Observed to survive out of water for many hours on a moist substrate . Feeds mainly on chironomid larvae, insect nymphs and allochthonous invertebrates that fall from the forest canopy .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal soft rays: 230 - 320. Distinguished from its congeners endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco basins and the Guyana Shield in having a color pattern of 14-20 oblique, dark, pigment bands with wavy and irregular margins in which the majority of bands are branched ventrally to form inverted Y-shaped patterns (in adults), in which the dark bands are about twice as broad as the pale interbands and in which the bands rarely form X-shaped patterns at midbody. Further differs in having the following unique combination of characters: clear (unpigmented) patch at the caudal end of the anal-fin membrane in specimens 6-23.5 cm; bands never divided to form band pairs .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Gymnotus Curupira is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Gymnotus Curupira is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Gymnotus Curupira is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - ? m . Tropical South America: lowland Amazon basin in Brazil and Peru.
🌿 Ecology
chironomid larvae, insect nymphs and allochthonous invertebrates that fall from the forest canopy (R
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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