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💧 Freshwater Least Concern 🐠 Aquarium 🌡️ Tropical

Homalopteroides Tweediei

Homalopteroides tweediei Herre, 1940
Max Length
4 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.3
Depth
-
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
-
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
demersal

📖 Overview

Found in moderate currents with living and dead vegetation. May move into seasonally flooded areas with moderate currents. Probably feeds on small aquatic insects and zooplankton. Not fished commercially .

Scientific Name
Homalopteroides tweediei
Authority
Herre, 1940
Habitat
Freshwater
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
4 cm
Trophic Level
3.3
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Salinity
0–0.5 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal and lateral blotches faint with a slightly darker mid-lateral stripe; pectoral fins extending past-pelvic-fin base .: elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Homalopteroides Tweediei is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus

🥚 Reproduction

🐣 Oviparous
Spawning Season
spring
Spawn Location
Substrate
Fertilization
External

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
💧 Freshwater ⬇️ Benthic
Trophic Level
3.3±0.43
Food Items

small aquatic insects and zooplankton

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00724 × L3.06 (TL)
Max TL
4cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
0–0.5ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2019

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Fishing Vulnerability
10.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.3
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Herre, 1940

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