Psalidodon Minor
📖 Overview
Overview information for Psalidodon Minor is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal soft rays: 16 - 23. This species is distinguished from all its congeners from Rio Iguaçu by the following set of characters: third infraorbital deep and not in contact with preopercle, leaving an narrow naked area between its border and preopercle; premaxillary external series with 4-6, usually 5 or 6 pentacuspid or heptacuspid teeth; first branchial arch 9-12, usually 10 rakers in upper branch and 13-16, usually 14 or 15 rakers in lower branch; a narrow and elongated vertical humeral bar .: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Psalidodon Minor is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Psalidodon Minor is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: known only from upper Iguaçu basin in Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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