Jupiaba Poekotero
📖 Overview
Collected exclusively by seining beaches in pools immediately downstream of waterfalls or rapids, but not in the rapids themselves . Apparently avoids small forest streams . Feeds on filamentous algae, fragments of Podostemaceae, terrestrial and aquatic Hemipterans, adults and larvae of Trichopterans and odonate nymphs .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 24 - 28; Vertebrae: 35. Distinguished from its congeners by the presence of an unpigmented, horizontally-oriented, roughly oval area on the proximal portion of the caudal-fin lobes, bordered posteriorly by dark pigmentation . : short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Jupiaba Poekotero is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: known only from the Rio Tiquié, upper Rio Negro basin in Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
filamentous algae, fragments of Podostemaceae, terrestrial and aquatic Hemipterans, adults and larva
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Jupiaba Poekotero.
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