Myxiops Aphos
📖 Overview
Found in shallow, headwater stream with fast water current over a rocky bottom and margin, with a small amount of riparian or submerged vegetation . Feeds on filamentous algae, terrestrial vegetal fragments and insects .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Vertebrae: 36. Distinguished from all other characid fishes by the following combination of characters: infraorbitals fused uniquely, resulting in less than six autogenous bones; presence of a single tooth row in the premaxilla; presence of cheirodontin-like teeth, somewhat pedunculated, expanded and compressed distally, with cusps similar in shape and perfectly aligned along dorsal margin; ventral margin of toothed portion of maxillary curved towards the ventral margin of the premaxilla and maxillary teeth forming a continuous series with premaxillary teeth; margins of pre- and postzygapophyses with projections anteriorly and posteriorly directed; accumulation of epithelial cells forming globular structures distributed over head and scales; and base of anal-fin without scales covering basal portion of unbranched and anterior branched rays .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Myxiops Aphos is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Myxiops Aphos is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Myxiops Aphos is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: Rio Lençois in Bahia, Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
filamentous algae, terrestrial vegetal fragments and insects (Ref
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🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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