Jupiaba Ajuricaba
📖 Overview
Collected from a black-water, terra-firme forest stream about 4-5 m wide and 0.5-1.0 m deep, with a predominantly sandy bottom. Also found in a large oxbow lake .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 27 - 31; Vertebrae: 36 - 37. Distinguished from all species of the genus and from all remaining characids by having a unique color pattern consisting of the combination of presence of a conspicuous, narrow dark midlateral stripe, a single elongated humeral spot, and upper caudal-fin lobe and middle caudal-fin rays dark, with a clear, rounded ocellated spot present dorsally at anterior third of caudal-fin lobe . : short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Jupiaba Ajuricaba is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Jupiaba Ajuricaba is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Jupiaba Ajuricaba is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: rio Negro, rio Solimões, and rio Tapajós basins, Amazon basin in Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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