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Corynopoma riisei in Trinidad and Tobago
Swordtail characin

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Corynopoma riisei   Gill, 1858
Family:	Characidae (Characins) , subfamily: Glandulocaudinae			picture (Corii_u1.jpg) by JJPhoto
Order:	Characiformes  (characins)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Swordtail characin
Max. size:	4.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 38597)
Environment:	pelagic; pH range: 6 - 7.80000019073486; dH range: 25
Climate:	tropical; 22 - 28°C
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	South America: coastal rivers of Trinidad and northern Venezuela and from the Meta River basin.
Biology:	Aquarium species reach 7.0 cm. TL (Ref. 1672)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott. 1991. (Ref. 4537)
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Trinidad and Tobago country information
Common names:	Sword-tailed sardine		Ref:  Kenny, J.S., 1995
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Also Ref. 4537.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/td.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.cep.unep.org/trini_tbgo/fisheries/index.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Kenny, J.S., 1995
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Binohlan, Crispina B.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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