Moema Funkneri
📖 Overview
The type series were collected from an ephemeral pool measuring approximately 15 m long, 5 m wide, and 0.3 to 0.9 m deep, with dense aquatic vegetation, brown, turbid water with the following characteristics (measured on late morning): total dissolved solids: 112 ppm, pH 7.1-7.3, german hardness 5-9 dGH, temperature at the surface: 29.1°C. Another fish was present, Pterolebias longipinnis .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal soft rays: 19; Vertebrae: 36. This species is similar to M. heterostigma and M. ortegai / M.quiii by the presence of oblique rows of red brown dots on the sides of body in males (vs. absence) and it differs from these species by having a short pectoral fin in males, reaching pelvic fin origin (vs. long pectoral fin, reaching up to seventh anal fin ray); differs from its congeners by the following set of characters - greater numbers of scales in the lateral 40-42 (vs. 32-39), transverse scale series 11-12 (vs. 8-10), circumpeduncular series 22 (vs. 14-20) and, in males, the anal fin with large areas dark yellow and broad orange margin on ventral and posterior portions of caudal fin (vs. brown) .Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Moema Funkneri is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic; non-migratory. Tropical South America: Bolivia.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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