Jenynsia Aurea
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Vertebrae: 33 - 34. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: presence of a tubular gonopodium with a short fourth anal-fin ray, less than two-thirds length of ray three; presence of a single midlateral stripe in adults; absence of dorsolateral or ventrolateral chevron marks associated to the midlateral stripe; presence of 13 to 15 gill rakers on ventral limb of first gill arch (in 2 c&s specimens); and presence of the first mandibular-canal pore .: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
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