Iguaçu livebearer
📖 Overview
Iguaçu livebearer (Jenynsia diphyes), first described by Lucinda, Ghedotti & da Graça, 2006 is a small fish in the family Anablepidae (order Cyprinodontiformes). Adults typically reach 5.50 cm in maximum length. It inhabits freshwater systems including rivers, streams, and lakes. It occurs in Tropical waters. It is broadly omnivorous, taking invertebrates, plant matter, and detritus. On the IUCN Red List, it is classified as Endangered.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal soft rays: 10; Vertebrae: 33. Distinguished by the following combination of characters: absence of mandibular canal pore W; long epiotic processes in adults, extending beyond the first vertebra; anal-fin with 10 rays; discontinuous midlateral and dorsolateral stripes formed by series of blotches on body; midlateral stripe discontinuous anterior to dorsal-fin origin; large third hypobranchial, greater than one-half the length of the second hypobranchial; and presence of teeth on fourth ceratobranchial of adults .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Iguaçu livebearer is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: Córrego Passo do Aterrado and Rio das Torres, both tributaries of the left margin of the Rio Jordão in the Rio Iguaçu drainage, Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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