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Characidae (Characins) > Cheirodontinae
Etymology: Serrapinnus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus + Latin, pinna = spiny, thorn (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?
Distribution
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South America: Rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89887)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 11;
Anal
soft rays: 21 - 23;
Vertebrae: 32 - 33. Serrapinnus sterbai can be diagnosed from all congeners by having a wide, black, lateral stripe extending from the region of the supracleithrum to the dark spot on the caudal peduncle (Ref. 96959).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Zarske, A., 2012. Serrapinnus sterbai spec. nov. - Beschreibung eines neuen Salmlers (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae: Cheirodontinae) aus Brasilien mit Bemerkungen zu S. gracilis (Géry, 1960) comb. nov. und S. littoris (Géry, 1960) comb. nov. Vertebrate Zoology 62(1):3-17. (Ref. 89887)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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