Profundulus Hectori
📖 Overview
This species inhabits streams with a substrate of pebbles, sand, and Sabino roots, and bordered by riparian vegetation consisting of scrubland and herbaceous banks .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 12. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: presence of a small mesethmoid, crescent-shaped, that does not extend beyond the margin of the vomer; large autopterotic fossa; presence of humeral spot; presence of a set of large black spots on the scales on the sides of the body; set of black spots are equal to or greater than 50% of the diameter of the pupil; scales on the lateral line 30-33; predorsal scales 18-24; origin of the dorsal fin positioned at a vertical line slightly anterior to the origin of the anal fin; neural and hemal spines of the preural centra 2; and lacrimal bone has a lateral extension of round or blunt shape .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Profundulus Hectori is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: Mexico.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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