Moenkhausia Venerei
📖 Overview
Moenkhausia Venerei (Moenkhausia venerei), first described by Santos & Benine, 2016 is a tiny fish in the family Acestrorhamphidae (order Characiformes). Adults typically reach 3.90 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.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 21 - 28; Vertebrae: 30. Moenkhausia venerei is distinguished from all congeners, except M. collettii and M. copei, by having a conspicuous dark line along the base of the anal fin (vs. dark line absent) and by having a well-marked longitudinal dark stripe extending from the tip of the snout to the base of caudal fin (vs. dark stripe absent). It differs from M. copei by 19-24 branched anal-fin rays (vs. 15-17 in M. copei); and from M. collettii by the possession of more conspicuous and wider longitudinal lateral dark stripe, about a scale deep along the flank (vs. stripe narrow, more restricted to the posterior half of the horizontal septum). Out of the limits of the genus, M. venerei shares similarities with Hemigrammus ulrey, H. barrigonae, and H. ataktos.: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Moenkhausia Venerei is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: Rio Araguaia basin in Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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