Nemadoras Cristinae
📖 Overview
Occurs in the main channels of whitewater (sediment rich) rivers. Collected using gill nets, bottom trawls to depths of 0.6-13.9 m, and long floating nets pulled by canoe in the main channels of large rivers. Feeds on larval insects .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6. Nemadoras cristinae differs from all congeners by the possession of the following characters: 3-9 premaxillary teeth in approximately two rows in juveniles and adults; outermost teeth weakly spatulate and innermost more acicular (vs. premaxillary edentulous in adults of all congeners and limited to 1-6 acicular teeth in juveniles of N. elongatus, N. humeralis, N. leporhinus and N. ternetzi); and mental barbels with extremely elongate (filiform) papillae, length of longest about 4-7 times its width at base (vs. papillae shorter, length of longest
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Nemadoras Cristinae is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Nemadoras Cristinae is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Nemadoras Cristinae is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical South America: upper Meta (Orinoco drainage)in Colombia, upper Amazonas circa Iquitos and río Santiago (tributary of Marañon) in Peru; middle Amazonas (Solimões) from mouth of Putumayo/Iça to that of Madeira, Brazil; and Madeira basin from its mouth to rio Madre de Dios in Peru.
🌿 Ecology
larval insects (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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